6 Qustions about Python: Does it do GUI? more...

[Paul Metzger]

> > 5 - Does it come with a compiler or must the user have the 
> interpreter 
> > on their machine?
> 
> No and no. ;-) Python is a little (lust a little) like Java 
> in this respect
> - the user needs the Python virtual machine to run Python 
> software. This is pretty much bound up with the interpreter, 
> so I think it's fair to say that the user needs the interpreter.
>

That is not entirely accurate. You can get py2exe which will wrap up the
interpreter and the modules all in one nice little package with the needed
.dlls. Work quite well. I have used it for a couple of quick apps I have
written that I needed to be portable:)

Paul