[Edu-sig] IDLE and VPython
Markus Gritsch
gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at
Sun, 13 May 2001 13:15:54 +0200
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From: Arthinator@aol.com=20
Finally, not understanding what of significance running in its own =
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Space brings to the table for standard IDLE, and certainly feeling =
that other=20
than that single issue the VPython forked IDLE adds nothing essential =
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VPython's use for educational purposes.=20
I think it is easier to step-through a script with a debugger if it is =
startet in the same process. Otherwise you had to communicate with the =
script via some sockets or something like this.
Markus
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<DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>Finally, not =
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