Can Python installation be as clean as PHP?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

> With Python, things are really messy. I have to run the installer
> to install dozens of directories and hundreds of files, and I don't
> really know if  all of them are necessary. Plus, lots of libraries
> are in .py, which is of course not as efficient/clean as having all
> of the core functions built-in in the C/C++ core, like in PHP.
> 
> Then again, I do like the Python language. It would be great if
> Python (or a variation of Python) can be made the PHP way, one
> executable file, and you get everything. 

You have a somewhat distorted view of things. I've been cursing PHP 
quite a few times exactly for that monolitic nature. If you need e.g. 
oracle support, you have to recompile the whole lot, not just a module 
as it has no no C-module concept - so you can't add functionality 
besides using PHP-includes. So much for efficiency.

Diez