new in town

[Elaine Jackson]

That's okay, because I don't want my hand held. What I'd like is a reasonable
assurance that, if I pick up this tool, I'll be able to accomplish what I have
in mind. If not then, no offence, but I intend picking up a different tool.

Joe Francia <usenet at soraia.com> wrote in message
news:jkZPa.75780$ZC.9188 at news.easynews.com...
| Elaine Jackson wrote:
| > As comforting as it is to know that there are "several ways of doing this",
I'd
| > be even happier if I knew the name of just one of those ways. The FAQ
searcher
| > doesn't seem to understand lengthy explanations and hand-waving.
| >
|
| Gerhard is undeserving of your flippancy.  He's very active in this
| forum and very knowledgeable, but doesn't tolerate ambiguity and
| laziness (read some of his postings).  You asked a vague question, and
| got a vague answer (you also used an ambiguous subject line, so be
| thankful someone answered you at all).  You asked "Can Python be
| compiled?".  Did you mean "Can the interpreter be compiled by me?" or
| "Can I compile my Python scripts into a stand-alone executable?" (this
| one is asked once a week) or "Can the Python interpreter be compiled
| into (embedded) an executable?"  The answer to all of these is yes (more
| or less - see the FAQ), but since you didn't even specify a platform,
| how can you expect a more detailed answer than the one you got?
|
| I entered "compile" into the FAQ search engine, and saw listed answers
| to all of the above questions.  You may want to revisit the FAQ, and you
| also may want to read this page:
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
|
| The Python community is a friendly one, but mostly, no one here will
| hold your hand.  If you show you've spent some time trying to solve the
| problem yourself and then ask specific questions about the thing that's
| stumping you, you'll get helpful responses.
|
| jf
|