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I envy newbies

Lyle Johnson jlj at cfdrc.com
Fri Jul 16 09:53:55 EDT 1999 
You can avoid ever seeing the DOS prompt if you also download the PythonWin
stuff (see the links at http://www.python.org/windows). This includes a very
nice little integrated development environment (IDE) with a built-in Python
shell, debugger, etc.

mary jeanette wrote:

> I decided to learn python because I heard it was a very easy language to
> learn. So I downloaded it and bought a couple of very expensive
> paperback books from o'reilly only to discover that they are written for
> unix. In other words, typing in the examples from the book into the
> interpretor only yields various syntax errors. I have no idea what I am
> supposed to change in order to make the examples work, and apparently
> there is nowhere to turn in order to find out. Q: Am I supposed to know
> DOS as a prerequisite? The idea of having to learn DOS is appalling.
> Should I try partitioning my hard drive and installing Linux or freeBSD?
> Perhaps I should learn Perl instead, I have seen books on Perl written
> for Win32 systems.   Thanks for your advice.
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