On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 at 14:06, Mike Dewhirst via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On 29/12/2023 12:09 pm, Félix An via Python-list wrote: > > On 2023-12-25 12:36, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > >> > >> 3. You cannot trust Microsoft. You can trust Python Software > >> Foundation. Python from PSF works the same in all environments - or > >> if not it is a bug. Python from Microsoft is tweaked to satisfy their > >> aforementioned strategy of locking in users to Windows. > >> > > > > I strongly disagree with this. > > Not sure which part of the above you strongly disagree with. I might > seem a bit OTT with "You cannot trust Microsoft" but I did put it in a > specific context. > > PSF does try to make Python work identically in all operating systems it > supports. The OP was using py.exe which I discovered (just now - and it > is why I'm writing this) exists on my Windows 10 machine. I have never > installed any Python other than personally downloaded from the > python.org website - therefore py.exe must have come from PSF! > > I had assumed the OP had installed Python from the Microsoft shop and > that's where py.exe must have come from. > > I learn something every day.
If you'd done a little research, you might have found this: https://peps.python.org/pep-0397/ Yes, it is from the official launcher. I don't see why you'd expect Microsoft to go to the effort of building their own launcher when it can be available for every Python user. > > I don't get all the irrational hate for Microsoft that exists within > > the Linux community. > > Perhaps you are too young to remember when Steve Ballmer was head of > Microsoft? How relevant is this? I remember the days when OS/2 was the big target, and Microsoft was the greatest anti-OS/2 voice out there. Does that affect the way I use tools today? Is it even slightly relevant? I remember when Intel had floating-point division issues in their FPUs. Do I tell people "don't do floating-point math on Intel processors"? Is it relevant? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
