On 2019-01-09, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 2:37 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > How many platforms support .exe files that were compiled for Windows?
>>
>> None.
>>
>> But when your requirement is to support Windows users who are not
>> capable of installing Python, WxWindows, and a half-dozen other
>> libraries, you can't simply hand out .py files, push your fingers into
>> your ears, close your eyes, and start yelling "your problem now, not
>> mine, na, na, na, na, na, ...."
>
> This is true - but on the flip side, it's a bit unfair to say "blah
> blah Python sucks because py2exe is hard". That's not Python's fault.
Of course not.
> You have an additional requirement ("support people who can't install
> Python"), and that's going to have extra hassles. LOTS of them, in
> this case.
Supporting distribution of any "real-world" application in any
language on Microsoft Windows involves most of the same problems.
It's slightly easier for some languages than it is for others.
Just handing out .exe files built with nothing but the global default
C run-time library is possible -- but, when was the last time you saw
an application distributed like that?
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