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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:27:04 -0400<br>
From: Nick Coghlan <<a href="mailto:ncoghlan@gmail.com">ncoghlan@gmail.com</a>><br>
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On 18 April 2014 15:49, ?ric Araujo <<a href="mailto:merwok@netwok.org">merwok@netwok.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> It seems to me the problem is defined as specific to Windows, and the<br>
> solution takes inspiration from other operating systems. I think a new<br>
> rationale explaining why bring back that solution to these other OSes is<br>
> needed.<br>
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It would be about removing the current cross-platform discrepancy in<br>
the instructions at<br>
<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/installing/#work-with-multiple-versions-of-python-installed-in-parallel" target="_blank">https://docs.python.org/3/installing/#work-with-multiple-versions-of-python-installed-in-parallel</a><br>
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Not a high priority for me personally, but I figured it was worth<br>
mentioning in case it captured someone's interest.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Nick.<br></blockquote><div><br>+1<br></div><div><br>I am a switch hitter. I spend almost as much time on Windows as on Linux, and to keep myself from being completely confused, I make the environments as similar as possible. The most frequently-used utility on my Windows box must be "ls.bat" (which runs "dir"). <br>
<br></div><div>It is true that the "real reason" for py.exe was to enable #! processing, and that works wonderfully -- mine also launches IronPython, Jython, PyPy, and (just to prove a point) Perl. [Trivia: <a href="http://hello_world.pl">hello_world.pl</a> runs perfectly in Python.]<br>
<br></div><div>But, the "py" command-line command is really habit forming. For weeks now, "py: command not found" has been haunting me. <br><br></div><div>Somehow the name "Python Launcher for Windows for Linux" sounds wrong, but I want one. It works so well.<br>
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