On May 23, 10:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 24 Maj, 07:01, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > [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 > > yes
There's also the IDLE interactive shell, which is definitely slower, and I suspect this is what he's talking about. If you run 'python.exe' from the windows C: prompt is it still slow? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
