On 17/05/13 18:16, bob gailer wrote:
On 5/16/2013 8:49 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
don't run programs on real data using IDLE. IDLE is for developing
programs not running them.
That is really scary. Why do you say that? The IDLE documentation does
NOT say that!
No, but IDLE is *intended* for development. It is not intended for
running programs. You *can* do it but the results may not be what
you expect.
Lots of beginners seem to think that because they use IDLE to develop
code that they must run it from there but its not an effective way of
doing things. That's all I was meaning, not that terrible things might
happen like the PC crashing or data being deleted. It's just easier and
faster and more predictable to run finished code directly in the python
interpreter.
--
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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