| 
      Example showing data flow synchronisation factilities:
      
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
sys.exit(not True in (
                      bool(int(line)) for line in sys.stdin
                     )
        )
      Same thing refactored into more functional units
      
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
def imap(func, iter): #in itertools
    for i in iter:
        yield func(i) #don't process all input
def any(iter): #in python 2.5
    return True in imap(bool,iter)
sys.exit(not any(int(line) for line in sys.stdin))
      Compare yes 0 | head | any || echo none and yes 1 | any && echo some |