Best way to check if there is internet?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2022-02-25, Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25/02/2022 06.49, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the in-between. I really like the Python comunity as,
>> even though it's a 'scripting' language,

And we like you, even though you're only a ...

In English, a statement like that is considered rather insulting.

> To me, it's a programming language. In my usage, a "script" is a
> bunch of OS commands.

Exactly. A script is a set of commands that you would have normally
entered by hand at a command prompt. But, after having gone through
the process a few times, you decided to shove them into a file to save
on typing.

Python is a programming language. Period.

[Yes, I know there's some sort of Python command interpreter intended
to be used for normal day-to-day use, but that's not what we're
talking about here.]

I classify some files that start with '#!/usr/bin/bash' as scripts,
but some are programs that just happen to be written in bash because
bash provides good facilities for doing filesystem manipulation and
running other executables.

I've never seen a Python program that I would consider a script.

But maybe that's just me...

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Grant