Python, PythonPPC (for powerpc
-macs), PythonCFM68K orPython68K (both for 68K macs).
+may be called PythonFAT (for powerpc macs and 68K macs with
+CFM68K installed) or Python68K (for 68K macs).
It will always
be recognizable by the "16 ton" icon, though. You start the
interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon:
This should give you a text window with an informative version string and a prompt, something like the following:
-Python 1.5 (#0 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL] +Python 1.5 (#12 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL] Copyright 1991-1997 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam >>>@@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ itself. Note that the text field may extend "beyond the bottom" even though it does not have a scroll bar. Using the arrow keys works, though.
-The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you execute the -interpreter for the first time, set to the folder where the -interpreter lives. You can change it here.
+The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you install Python, +set to the folder where the interpreter lives. You can change it here.
Finally, you can set the default startup options here, through a sub-dialog. @@ -373,6 +372,11 @@ message should actually say "Not enough memory in the system heap to load PythonCore". Blame Apple for the confusing message.
+There appear to be problems with QuickTime for the CFM68K version of the +interpreter. If you experience these please contact the SIG: some people +use quicktime without problems and some not, and we are still hunting for +the cause.
+
Python is a rather safe language, and hence it should be difficult to
crash the interpreter of the system with a Python script. There is an
exception to this rule, though: the modules that interface to the
@@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ The next section to check out is the annotated sample progr
Jack Jansen,
-jack@cwi.nl, 27-Aug-1997.
+jack@cwi.nl, 08-Sep-1997.