Invoking python under CygWin on Windows hangs

Question

Installing a new Windows system, I\'ve installed CygWin and 64 bit Python (2.7.3) in their default locations (c:\\cygwin and c:\\Python27\\python),

Answer 1

Try this

python -i

and yes you will find some glitches here and there !!!

Option -i forces an interactive prompt as shown in Python help python -h page here.

$ python -h
-i  : inspect interactively after running script; 
      forces a prompt even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal;
      also PYTHONINSPECT=x