Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:27:04 -0400 From: Nick Coghlan
On 18 April 2014 15:49, ?ric Araujo
wrote: It seems to me the problem is defined as specific to Windows, and the solution takes inspiration from other operating systems. I think a new rationale explaining why bring back that solution to these other OSes is needed.
It would be about removing the current cross-platform discrepancy in the instructions at
https://docs.python.org/3/installing/#work-with-multiple-versions-of-python-...
Not a high priority for me personally, but I figured it was worth mentioning in case it captured someone's interest.
Cheers, Nick.
+1 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"). 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: hello_world.pl runs perfectly in Python.] But, the "py" command-line command is really habit forming. For weeks now, "py: command not found" has been haunting me. Somehow the name "Python Launcher for Windows for Linux" sounds wrong, but I want one. It works so well.