Talk:Monte Carlo methods

Python shell sessions as examples

I noted that someone had changed another Python shell session used as an example, into the 'normal' definition of a function followed by the shell session just used to show the answer when the function is called.
I don't think this should be done here, as I am attempting to show how the shell might be used for such a task. It is still Python. The repitition of the input expression is because in idle, the built-in graphical IDE for Python, you would hit return in a previous expression to re-enter it. In the non-graphical shell, you can scroll through previous input to re-enter lines. It can give the immediate feedback, and 'spirit of exploration' you get when working with a calculator. --Paddy3118 05:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)