Scott W Dunning <swdunn...@cox.net> writes: > On Mar 10, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > > > What does the Python interactive prompt display when you first launch an > > interactive Python shell? > > Python 2.7.6 (v2.7.6:3a1db0d2747e, Nov 10 2013, 00:42:54) > [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
Thanks. Yes, the clue is in the “[GCC …]”, which tells us the program was built using that version of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection. This means it is implemented in the C programming language and is thus CPython. Because Python implementations all follow the Python language specification, this doesn't imply anything much for you as a user. Regardless of which implementation you're using, you're still using Python and have access to everything the documentation describes. This is useful to know, though, when you learn about some of the more peripheral capabilities present in one but not other implementations. But all that can wait. -- \ “I like my dental hygenist, I think she's very pretty; so when | `\ I go to have my teeth cleaned, while I'm in the waiting room I | _o__) eat an entire box of cookies.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
