Looking for an interpreter that does not request internet access

[kaens]

On 6/25/07, James Alan Farrell <no_spam at no_spam.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently installed new anti-virus software and was surprised the
> next time I brought up IDLE, that it was accessing the internet.
>
> I dislike software accessing the internet without telling me about it,
> especially because of my slow dial up connection (there is no option
> where I live), but also because I feel it unsafe.
>
> Can anyone recommend an interpreter that does not access the internet
> when it starts (or when it is running, unless I specifically write a
> program that causes it to do so, so as a browser)?
>
> James Alan Farrell
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On windows . . . hmm. Eclipse with pydev, python from the
command-line, Crimson Editor (I think it has python support).

I'm surprised that IDLE is accessing the internet - it's probably
looking for updates or something, and you can probably turn it off.
Eclipse checks for updates unless you tell it not to.

FYI, although IDLE runs an interpreter, it is not an interpreter - it
is an editor (I think so anyhow, I don't use it (find it clunky) and
could be wrong)