On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:57:54 -0700 Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > > > Right. Ultimately, I think IDLE should be a separate project entirely, but > > I > > guess there's push back against that too. > > The most important feature of IDLE is that it ships with the standard library. > Everyone who clicks on the Windows MSI on the python.org webpage > automatically has IDLE. That is why I frequently teach Python with IDLE. > > If this thread results in IDLE being ripped out of the standard distribution, > then I would likely never use it again.
Which says a lot about its usefulness, if the only reason you use it is that it's bundled with the standard distribution. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
