Running Python

Go to the "Utilities" folder on your Mac and run "Terminal." It will look something like this:

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Welcome to Darwin!
laptop:~ student$  

Now type "python" and press the return button. Your screen should look like this now:

laptop:~ student$ python
Python 2.3.5 (#1, Jan 13 2006, 20:13:11) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>  

The >>> means that python is waiting for you to program something.