new to mac OS10

[Jorl Shefner]

If you simply want the latest python to run from the command line, then
compiling the source code works fine on the mac.  I just installed
2.4.1 on Os 10.3.8 last week without any problems.

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz

"./configure"
"make"
"make install"

J.S.