On Oct 27, 2017, at 1:49 AM, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-usen...@hjp.at> wrote: > > BTW, I find it hard to believe that PyCharm for the Mac "comes with" > Python 2.6. Python 2.6 is quite old. The Linux version isn't bundled > with a python interpreter and just uses whatever is already installed on > the machine. I guess it's the same for the Mac: Your version of MacOS > happens to include Python 2.6, so this is what PyCharm uses.
I find it hard to believe that a professor would recommend downloading an IDE at the start of an intro class. Students usually start off with a text editor. Chris R. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
