On 7/19/2014 6:23 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I haven't used Python on Windows much, but when I did use it, I found the standard Python interactive interpreter running under cmd.exe to be bare- bones but usable for testing short snippets. If I recall correctly, it is missing any sort of command history or line editing other than backspace, which I guess it would have been painful to use for extensive interactive work, but when I started using Python on Linux the interactive interpreter had no readline support either so it was just like old times :-)

Windows PowerShell supports very basic Linux commands and has a command history. I'm always typing "ls" for a directory listing when I'm on a Windows machine. The regular command line would throw a DOS fit. PowerShell lets me get away with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell#Comparison_of_cmdlets_with_similar_commands

I prefer working on my vintage 2006 Black MacBook. Alas, the CPU fan is dying and MacBook shuts down after 15 minutes. I'm surprised at how well I was able to set up a equivalent programming environment on Windows.

Chris Reimer
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