Mac Os X and Python

[Pieter Claerhout]

Hi all,

just installed Python 2.1 on MacOS X yesterday, and it looks like
you have two options to choose from:

- MacPython: the Carbon version of the MacPython distribution. You
  should use this if you prefer the Mac way of working.
  See: http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html

- Python: if you prefer the Unix way of working. This is actually
  the command line version.
  See: http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/

Good news: you can install both at the same time. You will however
have duplicate copies, that don't share the same lib directory and
so on. Haven't tried compiling any modules yet though...

Cheers,


Pieter

Pieter Claerhout - Application Support
CreoScitex Europe - www.creoscitex.com


-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Baxter [mailto:jwbaxter at spamcop.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:27 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: Mac Os X and Python


In article <3B11B990.421B7F32 at earthlink.net>, Ron Stephens
<rdsteph at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Has anyone tried out Python on Mac OS X yet? I am thinking of getting a
> Mac to run OS X and woudl appreciate any feedback.
> 
> Are their any web sites that contain info on Python and Mac OS X? If not
> maybe we should create one.

Python 2.1 compiles "out of the box" for Mac OS X.  No special handing
needed (at least not here), except that before make test it is
necessary to increase the stack size limit (limit stack 4096).  

I've seen people muttering about compiling some of the available
modules, however.  In some at least of those, the case-insigificant
file system needs to be adjust for (as it does with the distributed
Perl).

  --John
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