In article <mailman.37.1364970149.3114.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Neil Hodgson <nhodg...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > rusi wrote: > > "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs > > which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can." > > In my personal experience, it's calculators. I put command-line > calculators into *everything*... often in the form of more general > executors, and thus restricted to admins, but it's still a calculator. > > For some reason, the ability to type "calc 1+2" and get back 3 is very > satisfying to me. You know, in case I ever forget what one plus two > makes. I discovered recently that Spotlight (the OSX built-in search engine) can do this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
