[Tutor] ActivePython

D-Man dsh8290@rit.edu
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:37:53 -0400


On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 02:23:43PM -0500, Bunting, Glen, IG (x) wrote:
| What is the difference between ActivePython and the regular python from
| www.python.org <http://www.python.org>  for windows?

ActivePython comes with the win32all extensions and an IDE.  "Regular"
python is just the interpreter, and IDLE bundled up with it (a
simplistic IDE).

Personally, I use the interpreter shipped with cygwin in conjunction
with (g)vim.

-D