On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 4:14 PM, CM <cmpyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I ran it in IDLE with Python 2.7.8 and got: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:/Python27/helloworld.py", line 39, in <module> > lambda _, __, ___, ____, _____, ______, _______, ________: _ > File "C:/Python27/helloworld.py", line 21, in <lambda> > _))) + (_____ << ______) + (_ << ___) > OSError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Yes, because - like most "Hello world" programs - it attempts to write to stdout. This interferes with IDLE and the way it captures output for the graphical environment. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list