*Newbie Question* --> Is it viable to distribute Python apps over the Internet?

Jp Calderone exarkun at intarweb.us
Mon Apr 21 22:24:04 EDT 2003


On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 08:49:30PM +0000, Dennis Reinhardt wrote:
>
> On Windows, which is where Visual Basic runs after all,  a complete Python
> hello world is 459 KB.   3-4 MB is *not* required.  See the online builder
> for constructing Python hello-world class executables at
> http://www.dair.com/autorun/arpyexe.cgi
> 
> A serious app (SpamAI below) is built differently and has much more code
> than hello world.  Current size is 797 KB.  800 KB *is* likely.
> 
> The python DLL is bundled as are all required PY files in both of the
> executables above.

  Is the app that generates these available (commercially or for free)?

  Jp

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