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by rewmie 991 days ago
> I can select "run Python as a REPL on Windows" in your post, right click, search and find an answer within a minute.

That takes place only after you search for the python installer, download it, install it, check the environment flags, and restart your terminal of choice.

The web is jam-packed with examples of how problematic it is to setup and deploy Python on Windows, and we're not even touching the problem of how some fundamental packages, such as anything involving the file system, is either riddled with platform-specific gotchas or does not work at all.

Setting up a REPL is a far more involved process than it's being casually described in this thread.