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On 2013-07-03 13:19:26 +0000, Steven D'Aprano said:

> On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:00:49 +0100, Tim Golden wrote:
> 
>> Goodness, I doubt if you'll find anyone who can seriously make a case
>> that the Windows command prompt is all it might be. I'm not a Powershell
>> user myself but people speak highly of it.
> 
> I understand that Powershell is aimed more for batch use rather than
> interactive use.

Not sure what gave that impression.  PS comes with handy Unix-like 
aliases by default.  I used it interactively every day for years, and 
recommend it over either cmd or Cygwin.

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How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? goldtech <leegold@operamail.com> - 2013-07-02 18:20 -0700
  Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? goldtech <leegold@operamail.com> - 2013-07-02 18:28 -0700
    Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-07-02 20:43 -0700
      Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-03 18:22 +0300
        Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-03 19:50 +0300
          Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 11:28 +1000
        Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-07-03 09:36 -0700
  Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-03 01:29 +0000
  Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ? Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 20:34 -0500
  DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-07-03 08:34 +0100
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 17:41 +1000
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 03:28 -0500
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-07-03 09:51 +0100
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-07-03 07:50 -0500
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-07-03 14:00 +0100
    Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-03 13:19 +0000
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Jeff Schwab <jeff@schwabcenter.com> - 2013-07-03 09:22 -0400
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-03 18:11 -0400
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 17:35 -0600
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com> - 2013-07-04 09:08 -0500
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 17:12 -0500
      Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 08:39 +1000
  Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 00:00 +1000

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