Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?]

References	<a4d1d0ff-2619-42da-b7f2-4ef1ac10e549@googlegroups.com> <51D37F8A.3010905@gmail.com> <51D3D415.5060802@timgolden.me.uk>
Date	2013-07-03 17:41 +1000
Subject	Re: DOS or not? [was Re: How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?]
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.4152.1372837277.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> On 03/07/2013 02:34, Andrew Berg wrote:
>> DOS is long
>> dead, and is much, much different under the hood from the console
>> subsystem in modern versions of Windows.
>
>
> While this is clearly true, it's by no means unusual for people to refer
> to the "DOS Box" or talk about "DOS commands" etc. even when they're
> quite well aware of the history of Windows and its Console subsystem.
> It's just quicker than saying "Console Window" or something.
>
> I mention this because it seems to get called out every time someone
> uses the term "DOS" on this and other Python lists and it can smack
> slightly of pedantry.

I would avoid the term "DOS Box" in reference to cmd.exe though,
because DOSBox is an emulator. (Also because I have an OS/2 heritage,
where a DOS Window is command.com in a virtual x86 windowed session,
while an OS/2 Window is the native OS/2 command interpreter.)

But in general usage, calling them "DOS commands" is sloppy but
unambiguous. I wouldn't be concerned one way or the other.

ChrisA

Thread

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

csiph-web