running python from a memory stick?

[John Salerno]

Simon Brunning wrote:
> On 7/13/06, John Salerno <johnjsal at nospamgmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to 'install' and use Python on a memory stick, just as
>> you would on any computer? I use Windows, and I know the installation
>> does things with the registry, so probably I couldn't use the executable
>> file to install it. But is it possible to do it some other way, such as
>> how you might build it yourself on Linux (although I don't know how to
>> do that yet) and then just write and run scripts normally straight from
>> your memory stick?
> 
> Google for Movable Python.
> 

Eh, call me uptight but I like using the "authentic" version of Python, 
not any kinds of special versions with extra add-ons, especially ones 
I'd have to pay for.