Reinstall python 2.3 on OSX 10.3.5?

[Jorl Shefner]

In article <ctsl83$s1q$1 at news1.ucsd.edu>, Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> 
wrote:

> Christian Dieterich wrote:
> > On Dé Céadaoin, Feabh 2, 2005, at 17:48 America/Chicago, 
> > moa at extrapolation.com wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi there
> >>
> >> I started a very long and roundabout process of attempting to install
> >> python 2.3.4 along side my apple-installed 2.3 system. To make a long
> >> story short, I have completely confabulated my environment ( i deleted
> >> the 2.3 binaries and so forth from the system in an attempt to start
> >> things fresh), and now I cannot figure out how to reinstall the base
> >> 2.3 Apple python distribution.
> >> Can somebody please point me in the right direction?
> > 
> > 
> > You could use
> > fink install python
> > which makes you a Python installation under /sw.
> 
> But that doesn't solve his problem, which is to restore the 
> Apple-supplied Python that he deleted.

 I use a version of 2.3.4 on my Os X system that I installed myself 
without any apparent loss of functionality.  What extra advantages is 
the Apple installed version supposed to provide? 

J.S.