aren't we splitting hairs here? im sure if i did it in python-pygame it woudl be legal, so why not another high level languange which has a native command + arguments to run?
Of course it's splitting hairs. Python can (and probably should) be compiled into a native binary, however. That's why I brought the basic/dosbox example up, which describes the essential problem here better. Another issue could be anything web-based.
"Native" is also a generally problematic as a term, especially on the Unixes.
I don't think technicalities like that will disqualify anyone.