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On 5/10/2012 2:40 AM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> Having them on PATH means that you can do:
>
>      > py script.py
>
> and the effect will be analogous to (in a unix shell):
>
>      $ ./script.py
>
> Of course the idea with the launcher is that you just do
>
>      > script.py

Unless you want a specific version - particularly for testing - eg:

% py -3.2 script.py

Mark