New computer, new Python

DFS nospam at dfs.com
Fri Dec 9 15:36:44 EST 2022


On 12/9/2022 12:13 PM, kermit at polaris.net wrote:
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> Hello.  I've downloaded the new Python to my new Computer,  and the new Python mystifies me.
>   
> Instead of an editor, it looks like a Dos executable program.

python.exe is a Windows executable.



> How can I write my own Python Functions and subroutines in the new Python?

Open a text editor and write your own functions and subs.  Save the file 
as prog.py.

 From the command line (not from inside the Python shell), type:

$ python prog.py



> It is version 3.11 (64 bit).

The latest and greatest.  Significantly sped up vs 3.10.



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