On: Python in the Windows 10 May update

[johnhattan]

Just tried it. Looks like the latest Windows update installs a stub that sends the Windows app-store to the Python installer page if you type "Python" from the command line.

FWIW, the publisher for the MS app-store Python is "Python Software Foundation" and it, far as I can tell, is just ordinary Python and not some MS-only weirdness. It adds start menu links to the Python REPL and the IDLE tool.

[makomk → johnhattan]

Apparently it does have some quirks due to Microsoft Store limitations, but it is an official and otherwise-complete release of Python: https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#the-microsoft-s...

[GordonS → johnhattan]

That actually seems like a pretty good solution to me, lowering the bar to entry for those that want to give it a try, while leaving it optional.

[make3 → johnhattan]

you didn't read the article

[johnhattan → make3]

Yes I did. I just wanted to relate my personal experience with it. Sometimes I'll see an article about something new just to discover that it's actually for an update that's a couple of weeks away. In this case, I just wanted to verify that it's working as advertised.