python on Mac

[gene tani]

Lou Pecora wrote:
> YIKES!  Don't do that.  Don't mess with Apple's python.  Not
> recommended.  Check  the MacPython FAQ and Wiki pages.  Python 2.4 was
> installed in /usr/local/bin.  You should put that in your $PATH variable
> Before  /usr/bin.  That will cause the new Python to be launched.
>

some afterthoughts:

- look at Oreilly's "OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" before you do anything
that'll break OS X.  Just in case you get the idea to upgrade the perl
that OS X installed, don't remove the one in /usr/bin either.

- investigate the Activestate disk image for OS X/Intel.  I say
"investigate" cause i don't have any experience with OS X/Intel, but
the Activestate releases i've used for Windows and OS X in the past
have all been very high quality.