Dumb beginner question; what is IDLE?

[Thomas Bryan]

From: Thomas Bryan <tbryan at arlut.utexas.edu>

Andy L Krietemeyer wrote:
> 
> I've seen several references to IDLE.  Is this an IDE for python? Or
> what is it?  Thanks,  Andy.

>From http://www.python.org/1.5/NEWS-152.txt
"""
I've added IDLE: my Integrated DeveLopment Environment for Python.
Requires Tcl/Tk (and Tkinter).  Works on Windows and Unix (and should
work on Macintosh, but I haven't been able to test it there; it does
depend on new features in 1.5.2....This is very much a work in
progress.  I'd like to hear how people like it compared to PTUI (or
any other IDE they are familiar with).
"""

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Tom Bryan
Applied Research Laboratories
University of Texas at Austin