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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach
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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:
> I use it sometimes.  I mostly use Emacs with Python-mode but find Idle
> is nice for quickly experimenting with something or probing an API.

Added: I sometimes used Idle in places where Emacs isn't available,
e.g. client machines running Windows.  It's nice that Idle is there if
the Python environment is there.