Python & Linux ?

[Remco Gerlich]

Peter Moscatt <pmoscatt at bigpond.net.au> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> I have just migrated from Win98 over to Linux.  My programming platform 
> under Win98 was VB.
> Now in Linux, I have decided to program using the Python platform.
> I have bought myself a get started book and from what I can gather - 
> Python is a Interpreter and not a Compiler, therefore only being able to 
> develop scripts instead of installable programs.
> 
> Have I got it all wrong here ??

On Windows, this sort of thing is irritating, but then until a recent
version, VB had the same thing, and it didn't bother people that much.

On Linux, Python is usually already there. If the file starts with the
appropriate line (#!/usr/bin/env python) and is executable, it works just
like any "real" executable. There's no difference.

And the notion of an "installable program" is something from Windows.

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Remco Gerlich