1st day newbie question.

[a.clarke11]

I found that most of them are written as modules, and can
be opened up with a text editor, or any word processor eg MS Word, as
long as they are saved afterwards as text. It's a great way to learn how
a program works, as you can alter the text file, and then run it  in the
interaxtive interpreter, and see the changes you made taking effect.
I hope this answers your question. I've been learning Python for four
months, its great.
Tony Clarke