How to run Python in Windows w/o popping a DOS box?

[pyguy2 at gmail.com]

Python.exe starts up a windows console which gives you things stdin,
stderr, and stdout  from the C runtime.

Be warned that you do not have those things with the consoleless(?)
pythonw.exe, stuff which MS intends for gui applications.

It reminds me of select() on windows only working halfway (just
w/sockets) because of the history of how all this got added to windows.
A lot of half-way stuff.

john