Interactive Shell?

[Paul Prescod]

Andrew Burton wrote:
>...
> 
> Which is the best was to use Python: from the interactive shell, as a scripting
> language, or as the Python.h library with C? Is the interactive shell there for
> anything beyond prototyping code?

I would say that the vast majority of all Python use is as a scripting 
language using the form:

python foo.py

The interactive interpreter shell has no memory from session to session 
so you lose your work all of the time.

Wrapping your Python program in C is an extra step that is typically 
only necessary when you have a C code base that you are trying to extend.

  Paul Prescod