>>>> Terry Reedy writes:
>> To put it another way, needing a Python interpreter to run .py files is
no
>> different from, for instance, needing a movie player to run .mpg files,
and
>> all Windows users are or need to become familiar with that general
concept.
The problem for windows users isn't that they have to download a movie
player to play .mpg files... it's that they also have to download and
install python/java runtime to "play" the player because it was written
in python/java. Most won't bother and will download/install native
win32 app instead.
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