Programmer-Wanna-Be (Is Python for me?)

[Alex Martelli]

<fifeclub at my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8s4f72$cok$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
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> Whoa.  This is something I haven't come across before!  I realize it will
> take me a lot of time and effort to learn Python, but in the end I
> envisioned the fruits of my labor to be self-sufficient applications that
> would be executable on Windows (or other OS's).  Is this a major issue or
> is it just a matter of 're-packaging' the final program thru a
> 'finishing' application.

The latter, IMHO.  Just like any VB application needs its huge
runtime DLL, most any C++/MFC application its huge MFC DLL (very
few are statically linked!), etc, so will a Python application
need its own supporting python20.dll (and often a few more files
besides - just like the above would need to be accompanied by
any custom ActiveX controls you may be using, etc).  Packaging
it all into a stand-alone installer EXE is no unsurmountable
issue -- there are programs that help you do so for Python, just
like there are for VB, C++, etc.


Alex