Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'guys!': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'mess': 0.09; 'messing': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'whichever': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '(windows': 0.16; '.py': 0.16; '3.3,': 0.16; 'idle,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'unix-style': 0.16; 'url:whatsnew': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'machine': 0.22; 'separate': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; "haven't": 0.24; '(or': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; '(on': 0.31; '8:30': 0.31; 'them?': 0.31; 'run': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; "i'd": 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'done': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'read': 0.60; 'url:3': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'grab': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'other.': 0.75; 'delaying': 0.84; 'installer': 0.84; 'now)': 0.84; 'subject:Cutting': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85; 'carlos': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Cutting a deck of cards Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 23:56:37 +0100 References: <4d02f46f-8264-41bf-a254-d1c20469626e@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-89-240-174-199.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130526-0, 26/05/2013), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1369609207 news.xs4all.nl 15917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59568 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:46143 On 26/05/2013 23:42, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Carlos Nepomuceno > wrote: >> Thanks guys! I've been delaying my dive into Python 3 (because I don't need it for now) but I'd like to run some code just to learn how different it is from Python 2 and even other Python flavors. >> >> So, I'd like to know if it's possible to have multiple Python installations on the same machine (Windows 7 in my particular case) without messing one with each other. What care must I take not to mess up with them? > > Easy. Just grab the standard installer and hit it. You'll get two > separate directories (or more; I have \Python26, \Python27, \Python32, > \Python33 on this box), and you can run whichever you want. The one > thing to take care of is .py associations; I haven't actually done it > (on here, all I actually do is IDLE, pretty much), but as of 3.3, you > should be able to use a Unix-style shebang to indicate which Python > you want to invoke. > > ChrisA > See this http://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.3.html#pep-397-python-launcher-for-windows -- If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. Mark Lawrence