On 7/19/2014 3:28 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
So why does Python ship with IDLE?
On Windows the Idle shell is needed for sensible interactive use. For simply editing a Python file, running it, and fixing it, the Idle editor seems *about* as good as anything.
It's not because Python requires an IDE, or that newbies need one, or that there aren't alternatives. The biggest reason for Python shipping with an IDE is not that people are unable to install alternatives, but that a lot of people are *prohibited* from doing so.
This is true, but I think it understates the case. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
