* Chris Angelico (Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:52:05 +0100) > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Nobody <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote: > > BTW, unless you're using Windows 95/98/ME, you don't have a "DOS > > Prompt". The command prompt in Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 isn't DOS. > > I don't see this as any sloppier than referring to "opening a > <whatever> prompt" when you mean "opening up a windowed command > interpreter".
You're misunderstanding what people mean by "DOS prompt". They don't mean "this is the DOS command shell", they mean "this is DOS". Thorsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
