[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 24 Maj, 05:48, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Can you tell us exactly which programs you mean when you say "the > > shell" and "the commandprompt"? > > commandprompt = windows dos-windows > > shell = standard python interactive prompt
Thanks. Be aware that referring to "the shell" without further qualification is usually understood to mean "the operating system shell", i.e. the command shell provided for running operating system commands. So, you're asking about the difference in behaviour between "the Windows command shell" versus "the Python interactive shell". -- \ “I cannot conceive that anybody will require multiplications | `\ at the rate of 40,000 or even 4,000 per hour ...” —F. H. | _o__) Wales, 1936 | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
