Fwd: Problems Installing and getting started.

[Thomas Passin]

On 5/31/2023 3:52 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> Python does not provide, normally, a "click me" icon to run Python.
> Python is a command line language INTERPRETER/COMPILER. If file
> associations are set up, clicking on a script (.py) file/will/  run it --
> but the window it opens goes away as soon as the script completes. Instead
> one opens a command shell window and runs Python/scripts from that
> window...
> 
> Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2965]
> (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> 
> C:\Users\Owner>python
> Python 3.10.11 (tags/v3.10.11:7d4cc5a, Apr  5 2023, 00:38:17) [MSC v.1929
> 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

On Windows, typing "python" may or may not give the expected version 
depending in what has been installed before.  With the python.org 
installation, it's better to type "py" instead (this is Windows only).

For example, on my Windows 10 computer"

python
Python 3.9.9 (tags/v3.9.9:ccb0e6a, Nov 15 2021, 18:08:50) [MSC v.1929 64 
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>>

but -

py
Python 3.11.3 (tags/v3.11.3:f3909b8, Apr  4 2023, 23:49:59) [MSC v.1934 
64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>>