Absolute beginner am I missing something?

[bowlofred]

If there's an interpreter that can run the input (so that you're prompted for the name), I don't see any reason it won't continue and print.

Maybe make sure that you're seeing any output at all? Does this do something in your interpreter?

print("first line")
input("Please hit return")
print("last line")

Do you see the first line and then it goes to the last line?