clicking idle (python guiproduces graphical interactive environment like the one shown in figure - when you open this environmentidle automatically displays some information so that you know you have the right application open for exampleyou see the python version number (which is in this caseit also tells you what sort of system you're using to run python figure - use idle when you want the comforts of graphical environment the python (command lineoption opens command prompt and executes the python commandas shown in figure - againthe environment automatically displays information such as the python version and the host platform figure - use the command prompt when you want the speed and flexibility of commandline interface