Everything good about Python except GUI IDE?

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>:

> On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 05:06 am, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> A python shell would need a well-thought-out default import plus a
>> way to string together external commands. Maybe JSON or similar could
>> be the standard I/O framing format (instead of SPC-separated fields
>> and LF-separated records).
>
> You really want to be typing JSON by hand instead of space-separated
> fields/arguments?
>
> # Python using JSON
> ls('["-l", "foo/bar", "spam/ham"]')
>
> # bash
> ls -l foo/bar spam/ham
>
> Bugger that for a game of soldiers.

I was talking about JSON for the standard I/O, not the command-line
arguments, as in:

   ps -ef | awk '/httpd/ { print $2 }'

where "ps -ef" emits SPC-separated fields and LF-separated records, and
awk parses and processes them.


Marko