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I always have one window in screen just running Python.

Arcege
– Arcege

2012-06-15 18:54:35 +00:00
Commented Jun 15, 2012 at 18:54
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pythonpy (github.com/russell91/pythonpy) is a nice way to do this and other things in python syntax without having to fire up an interactive shell: py '3.2 * 5' => 16

RussellStewart
– RussellStewart

2014-09-13 06:30:19 +00:00
Commented Sep 13, 2014 at 6:30
I like python but it's start up time becomes important if you just want to add two numbers in a few places of your bash script

ndemou
– ndemou

2017-09-17 10:30:41 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2017 at 10:30
@ndemou I said "interactive" calculator. Although it's also worth noting that at some point if you are doing complex enough things in a script, sanity dictates you use something other than bash (like Python).

asmeurer
– asmeurer

2017-09-18 20:20:52 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 20:20

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