Tutorial section 2.1 has *nix example at 3.7, but Windows at 3.6

[csabella]

BPO	30569
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @zooba, @csabella, @iritkatriel

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title = 'Tutorial section 2.1 has *nix example at 3.7, but Windows at 3.6'
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[csabella]

https://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/interpreter.html

The first lines for the location/command have been updated for 3.7, but next paragraph for Windows has not been updated.

[terryjreedy]

There is a lot more wrong with the Windows part:

"On Windows machines, the Python installation is usually placed in C:\Python36," is no longer true. All-users install is, by default, in Program Files. Current-user install is, by default, buried somewhere forgettable in the hidden /users/USER/appdata dir.

" you can type the following command into the command prompt in a DOS box:" It has been a long time since Command Prompt was widely called a 'DOS box'.

set path=%path%

The is not permanent, at least for non-admin user. One can add the install dir, whatever it is, to path during installation. Or one can use 'py -3.6'

[csabella]

This is still an issue. Since it's more than updating the release version, I think someone more knowledgeable than me should fix it. I wouldn't want to miss something that should be included.

[iritkatriel]

I think this has all been changed by now, in a number of commits.