In article <mailman.11636.1404834458.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2014-07-09 01:24, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Tim Chase > > > Okay, EOF is the canonical way to tell a program reading stdin > > > that you're done. It just happens that EOF ^D on *nix-likes and > > > ^Z on Win32. :-) > > > > > > -tkc > > > > I can't think of any Windows-native programs that ask for EOF. Only > > those which came from POSIX platforms do it. That said, though, > > Windows doesn't tend to encourage interactive command-line programs > > at all, so you may as well just follow the Unix convention. > > There was a time in life where I used "copy con output.txt" on a > disturbingly frequent basis. Control+Z ended my file for me. > > -tkc I once knew a guy who linked /dev/tty.c to /dev/tty, then he could do "cc /dev/tty.c" and type a C program in to the compiler from the terminal. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
