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I'm curious how it would be more educational to boot directly into Python instead of logging in and starting a Python REPL.

• bane 12y ago
  It's the same reason BASIC used to be burned into the system ROMs of old 8-bits instead of making you load it off of a disk. Turn your question around, why would logging in and then starting Python be more educational than just booting directly into Python?
  • qbrass 12y ago
    Because you have access to a web browser/document viewer/ text editor. Because it takes longer to reboot than it does to restart a Python interpereter. Because you can learn more than Python with it.
  • michaelmior 12y ago
    I don't think BASIC being loaded on old systems had anything to do with education and was really just a convenience factor. I think qbrass makes some valid points in the sibling comment.