On 2013-10-23, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 23/10/2013 14:13, Tim Golden wrote: >> On 23/10/2013 14:05, Colin J. Williams wrote: >>>> >>> It would be good if more of the packages were available, for Python 3.3, >>> in binary for the Windows user. >>> >>> I am currently wrestling with Pandas, lxml etc. >> >> Can I assume you're aware of the industrious Christopher Gohlke? >> >> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ >> >> TJG > > Thankfully I am. I confess I don't understand how *nix people > endure having to compile code instead of having a binary > install. To me it's like going to the garage to buy a new car, > being shown the parts and the tool kit and being told to get on > with it. Perhaps it's a case of second class treatment for > users of a second class OS? Ducks and runs for cover :)
They usually don't. Users of most distributions have an awesome device called a package manager. -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
