Re: [IBMiOSS] bpython

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 9:56 AM Craig Richards <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm not married to the idea of using bpython on the IBMi, I just thought it
might be a bit nicer for the kind of ad-hoc stuff you sometimes investigate
using the REPL.

While there have been great strides made in the Python-on-IBM-i story,
for general exploration *of Python itself* it's still best to use
mainstream Python distributions on mainstream platforms. Learn Python
on a PC, Mac, or Linux box, and then take what you've learned and
bring it to the i.

That said, with modern tools, I find it is plenty easy enough to do
"ad-hoc" stuff by creating proper Python scripts and modules in an
editor and running them. If I have to define a function or write a
loop, I'm already reaching for my editor.

The first priority for interactive and ad-hoc exploration of the PASE
open source stuff is logging in via SSH and using bash. No green
screen. You're using SSH, right?

John Y.