python.pl: print join " ", "hello", "world\n" python.py: print("hello", "world", sep=" ") pythone.py: import os print(os.environ['hello']) #### % python python.pl It parses as Perl so I am running it ... hello world % python python.py Can't modify constant item in scalar assignment at python.py line 1, near "" ") " Execution of python.py aborted due to compilation errors. I guess it is &*^#$* pyton /sic/ ... hello world % export hello="hello world" % python pythone.py syntax error at pythone.py line 2, near "environ[" Execution of pythone.py aborted due to compilation errors. I guess it is &*^#$* pyton /sic/ ... hello world