Re: looking into python...

2016-03-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/3/2016 8:39 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: I don't think there has ever been a version of Python that ran on DOS :-) Yep. That is what I started with (1.3). It ran fine with 2 megabytes of memory and a 10 or 20 MB disk. No unicode module, database, or codecs. Perhaps no tcl/tk/tkinter.

Re: looking into python...

2016-03-04 Thread crankypuss
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:45 pm, crankypuss wrote: > >> Ben Finney wrote: >> >>> crankypuss writes: >>> "Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs for some of the most popular operating systems, allowing the distribution of Python-base

Re: looking into python...

2016-03-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:45 pm, crankypuss wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >> crankypuss writes: >> >>> "Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs for >>> some of the most popular operating systems, allowing the distribution >>> of Python-based software for use on those environ

Re: looking into python...

2016-03-03 Thread crankypuss
Ben Finney wrote: > crankypuss writes: > >> "Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs for >> some of the most popular operating systems, allowing the distribution >> of Python-based software for use on those environments without >> requiring the installation of a Python i

Re: looking into python...

2016-03-02 Thread Ben Finney
crankypuss writes: > "Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs for > some of the most popular operating systems, allowing the distribution of > Python-based software for use on those environments without requiring > the installation of a Python interpreter." (wikipedia)

looking into python...

2016-03-02 Thread crankypuss
"Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs for some of the most popular operating systems, allowing the distribution of Python-based software for use on those environments without requiring the installation of a Python interpreter." (wikipedia) How correct is that? Which