[GRASS-dev] grass and python

[Glynn Clements]

Trevor Wiens wrote:

> > If anyone can find a real language which is "good enough" on all of
> > Unix, Windows (Cygwin and native) and OSX, I'll quite happily rewrite
> > all of GRASS' shell scripts.
> 
> Python is easy to install on Windows. So with an offer like that, I
> can't help asking if any of the interactive Python shells are to your
> knowledge good enough. Or perhaps what in you mind defines an
> interactive shell environment that is good enough to replace bash?

The main issue is the ability to have scripts which can be run as e.g. 
"d.save", and not having to use "d.save.py". This needs to work both
from a shell and from system/exec/popen/spawn/etc functions provided
by various languages.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>