New to Python - Compiled Language?

[Mark Hahn]

If you want to see an example of a complete non-trivial windows shareware
application written in 100% python, download my: http://ezpicmailer.com.
There is no way anyone can distinquish it from a C++ or VB app and no one
has dinged me for it's download size.

"Michael Geary" <Mike at DeleteThis.Geary.com> wrote in message
news:vqif0v95nftmba at corp.supernews.com...
> > Michael Geary:
> > > Python compiles to bytecode, not to machine code. But that
> > > doesn't mean the end user needs to install a Python interpreter.
>
> Michele Simionato:
> > Actually it does; py2exe and similar programs ship the interpreter
> > bundled with the code, so you don't install the interpreter directly,
> > but indirectly you do. The disadvantage is that a ten line script
> > requires megabites of space in order to be made executable. This
> > may be an issue if you plan to distribute your program via the net
> > and your customers have slow connection. Also, it may be an issue
> > for embedded systems. Finally, it is somewhat disturbing that a ten
> > line script cannot fit in good old 3.5' floppy :-(
>
> That's true, of course. What I meant was merely that you could hide all of
> this so that the end user doesn't have to go through a separate step of
> downloading and installing the Python interpreter. So it becomes a size
> issue, not a "why do I have to go through all these steps?" issue.
>
> -Mike
>
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