With it's presence in the micro-controller dimension and the possibility
to run the same dialect on *nixens too, I thought it may or may not make
sense to give it a chance again.

-----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------
$ micropython -c 'import sys ; print(sys.implementation)'
(name='micropython', version=(1, 21, 0), _machine='linux [GCC 10.2.1] version', _mpy=2310)
$ cat socket-0.py
import socket

s=socket.socket() ai=socket.getaddrinfo('news.tilde.club',119,socket.AF_INET)[0][-1]

s.connect(ai)
line=s.readline()

messageId="<ul9sfr$isuf$1@tilde.club>"
s.write(f"ARTICLE {messageId}\r\n")
line=s.readline()

while True:
line=s.readline()
if line==b".\r\n": break
print(line.decode("UTF-8"),end="") # look for coding in headers someday

s.write("QUIT\r\n")
s.write(".\r\n")
$ micropython socket-0.py | awk 'NR<9'
Path: news.tilde.club!.POSTED.149.27.127.112!not-for-mail
From: vort3 <vort3@tilde.club>
Newsgroups: tilde.python
Subject: Anyone interested in writing a NNTP client in Python?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:59:09 +0600
Organization: tilde.club
Sender: vort3@tilde.club
Message-ID: <ul9sfr$isuf$1@tilde.club>
$ _
----------------------------------->8-----------------------------------

It took a while to grok that the errors it did throw were because it
preferred to resolve host names to IPV6 addresses and to find how to
switch that off. How to make µPy on *nixens handle IPV6 is currently
not in the upper range of my to do list, but maybe I stumble over an
answer while looking for different things.

I had some surprises with µPy earlier: It can be surprisingly fast.[0] ____________

[0]: <https://yeti.tilde.institute/brain/micropython.html#emitters>
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Next experiment. Now fetching an article via NNTPS:

-----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------
import socket
import ssl
#^^^^^^^^^ line added

s=socket.socket() ai=socket.getaddrinfo('news.tilde.club',563,socket.AF_INET)[0][-1]
#^^^ port changed
s.connect(ai)
s=ssl.wrap_socket(s)
#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ line added
line=s.readline()

s.write(b"ARTICLE <s6t3af$3ghpr$2@tilde.club>\r\n")
line=s.readline()

while True:
line=s.readline()
if line==b".\r\n": break
print(line.decode("UTF-8"),end="") # look for coding in headers someday

s.write("QUIT\r\n")
s.write(".\r\n") ----------------------------------->8-----------------------------------

Easier than I expected. What did I overlook? Sure error handling still
is missing. And so is closing the socket. I should look at MicroPython
having ~with x as y:~ and whether sockets are cleanly shutdown on
deallocation.
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zebra crossing.
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yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> writes:

I should look at MicroPython having ~with x as y:~

Sure.

and whether sockets are cleanly shutdown on deallocation.

-----------------------------------8<------------------------------------
$ cat with-socket.upy.py
import socket

with socket.socket() as s:
pass
$ micropythonhon with-socket.upy.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "with-socket.upy.py", line 3, in <module>
AttributeError: 'socket' object has no attribute '__exit__'
$ micropython with.upy.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "with.upy.py", line 4, in <module>
AttributeError: 'socket' object has no attribute '__exit__' ----------------------------------->8------------------------------------

Houston? We got an answer!
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a knack to flying. (83) The knack lies in learning how to throw
yourself at the ground and miss.
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yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> writes:

I should look at MicroPython having ~with x as y:~

Sure.

and whether sockets are cleanly shutdown on deallocation.

-----------------------------------8<------------------------------------
$ cat with-socket.upy.py
import socket

with socket.socket() as s:
pass
$ micropython with-socket.upy.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "with-socket.upy.py", line 3, in <module>
AttributeError: 'socket' object has no attribute '__exit__' ----------------------------------->8------------------------------------

Houston? We got an answer!
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say on the subject of flying. (82) There is an art, it says, or rather
a knack to flying. (83) The knack lies in learning how to throw
yourself at the ground and miss.
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