IDLE vs Command Line

[Jesse B.]

I like to work with xemacs, so I've been coding modules with xemacs and
running them using the dos prompt (using windows port of xemacs). Some
scripts that work fine with IDLE don't work at the dos prompt. For example:

import random

for i in range(10):
    x = random.random()
    print x

This simple script doesn't work if  I use the command prompt, with this
syntax: python random.py

I am just wondering why that is.