is interactive mode same as calculator mode?

[Alex]

Loking at Rossum's tutorial I've seen that he sometimes uses the
expression "interactiv e mode" and sometimes "calculator mode". Or these
concepts same?

I've made the following assertion.

"When Python prompts for the next command with the primary prompt ">>>
", the interpreter is said to be in an interactive mode, or in a
calculator mode. In interactive mode, the Python interpreter acts as a
simple calculator: you can type an expression at it and it will write
back the value of that expression."

Is this correct or incorrect?

Alex

[Peter Hansen]

Re: is interactive mode same as calculator mode?

Alex wrote:[color=blue]
> Loking at Rossum's tutorial I've seen that he sometimes uses the
> expression "interactiv e mode" and sometimes "calculator mode". Or these
> concepts same?[/color]

Yes.