Re: looking into python...

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On 3/3/2016 8:39 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> I don't think there has ever been a version of Python that ran on DOS :-)

Yep.  That is what I started with (1.3).  It ran fine with 2 megabytes 
of memory and a 10 or 20 MB disk.  No unicode module, database, or 
codecs.  Perhaps no tcl/tk/tkinter.  I don't remember when DOS was 
dropped.  Maybe a decade ago or so.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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looking into python... crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-02 15:00 -0700
  Re: looking into python... Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-03 09:20 +1100
    Re: looking into python... crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-03 03:45 -0700
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        Re: looking into python... crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-04 03:53 -0700
        Re: looking into python... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-03-04 11:03 -0500

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