Very strange behaviour on Windows

[Joonas Paalasmaa]

Chris Gonnerman wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joonas Paalasmaa" <joonas.paalasmaa at iki.fi>
> 
> > When I invoke the interactive interpreter on Windows,
> > Python claims that every line I type is syntactically
> > invalid. However, when the interpreter is used to
> > start scripts, everything seems to be working quite
> > fine. The problem is propably in Windows's command-
> > line, but what the problem could be?
> 
> [[ example ellided ]]
> 
> What version of Windows?  Has it ever worked before?

Windows 98. It worked earlier, but then something weird propably
happened and now it isn't working anymore. Could there be a way to debug
the problem deeper and find its cause.