Activestate python vs. Python 2.1.1

[Guido van Rossum]

Simon Brunning <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> writes:

> > From:	Guido van Rossum [SMTP:guido at python.org]
> > Actually, ActivePython is an extended subset of the standard
> > distribution -- it doesn't include IDLE and the Tcl/Tk libraries
> > necessary for Tkinter support.  IDLE is a pretty good alternative to
> > Pythonwin.
>  
> I believe that ActivePython *does* include IDLE and Tkinter these days,
> though older releases didn't.

I stand corrected.  Originally, they were excluded, and when I
complained about this, ActiveState wasn't very interested.  Glad to
see they've changed their mind.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)