Why I love python.

[Christopher T King]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, kosh wrote:

> Why is there a need for a stand alone executable? At least on all the unixes 
> whether something is executable is just determined by the executable bit on 
> the file.

Not if you don't have the interpreter installed.

> I can execute a python program just as transparently as one in 
> compiled c, c++,  etc. I really don't see the point of that.

Indeed, you can do that just as easily on Windows, too.  The point of a 
stand-alone executable is not to make running the script easier, but to 
make distribution easier.  Users don't need to install Python to run a 
Python script if it's a stand-alone executable.