++ if you've ever had to type something along these lines:

def main(args):
do = some
stuff = here

if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

trying to figure out the best way to write a driver script for a processing pipeline and the choices have boiled down to;

a) define "new" main functions where necessary
b) learn subprocess module
c) write a bash script to do it instead

still not sure what I'm going with...