More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

[Mensanator]

On Dec 17, 1:40 am, geremy condra <debat... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Mensanator <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 16, 8:45 pm, Ned Deily <n... at acm.org> wrote:
> >> In article
> >> <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e... at 9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>
> >> Mensanator <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
> >> > Oh, and about Chapter 1.
>
> >> > If you're going to use version 3.1.1 as your standard, shouldn't
> >> > you also point out that 3.1.1 is NOT bundled with Mac OS X?
>
> >> > How about devoting a section on downloading the source files
> >> > and compiling it on a Mac?
>
> >> Why would you do that?
>
> > Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'm thinking about
> > buying one and seeing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 directories
> > on the model in the store made me wary.
>
> >>http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.1.1/http://www.python.org/f...
>
> > This tells me nothing.
>
> >> or (for MacPorts fans):
>
> >> $ sudo port install python31
>
> > And since I haven't got one, this also tells me nothing.
>
> He just told you what it meant, as if it weren't already obvious.

Why would it be obvious? I use a PC, for which
    $ sudo port install python31
is meaningless. Is MacPorts bundled with Snow Leopard?

Or do I have to do this first:

MacPorts version 1.8.1 is available in various formats for download
and installation (note, if you are upgrading your Mac OS X to a new
major release, see the migration info page):

“dmg” disk images for Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger as a legacy
platform, containing pkg installers for use with the Mac OS X
Installer. By far the simplest installation procedure that most users
should follow after meeting the requirements listed below.

In source form as either a tar.bz2 package or a tar.gz one for manual
compilation, if you intend to customize your installation in any way.

SVN checkout of the unpackaged sources, if you wish to follow MacPorts
development.

The selfupdate target of the port(1) command, for users who already
have MacPorts installed and wish to upgrade to a newer release.

Checksums for our packaged downloads are contained in the
corresponding checksums file.

Please note that in order to install and run MacPorts on Mac OS X,
your system must have installations of the following components:

Apple's Xcode Developer Tools (version 3.2.1 or later for Snow
Leopard, 3.1.4 or later for Leopard, or 2.5 for Tiger), found at the
Apple Developer Connection site or on your Mac OS X installation CDs/
DVD.

Ensure that the optional components for command line development are
installed ("Unix Development" in the Xcode 3.x installer).

The X11 windowing environment (A.K.A. “X11 User”) for ports that
depend on the functionality it provides to run.

The “X11 User” package is an optional installation on your system CDs/
DVD for Tiger, enabled through the “Customize” button of the
installer, whereas it is included by default on Leopard and Snow
Leopard.

You can use the xorg-server port instead of Apple's X11.app if you
wish.



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> Geremy Condra