Missing DLL in win98

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Spyder42 wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:03:48 -0400, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 6/4/2010 9:08 AM, Spyder42 wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:50:28 +0200, Christian Heimes
>>>       
>>>> Python 2.6 is not supported on Windows 98 and earlier. You need at least
>>>> Windows 2000 with a recent service pack.
>>>>
>>>> Christian
>>>>         
>>> So your response is either, you don't know if there is a fix, or 'No
>>> way in h377.' You couldn't figure out by my post that I already knew
>>> that?
>>>       
>> Get off your high horse. Dumping on volunteer helpers is a good way to 
>> drive them away.
>>
>> It was not obvious, without closely reading your original post, and even 
>> then it is not clear, that you *knew* than 2.6 was not supported on 
>> Win98. You could have asked 'I know 2.6+ is not officially supported in 
>> win98. Does anyone know a workaround other than upgrading windows or 
>> sticking with 2.5?". *That* would have been clear.
>>
>> Terry Jan Reedy
>>
>>     
>
> I'm sorry, but if I asked where the nearest gas station was, I
> wouldn't expect someone to answer, "You can't get there because your
> out of gas."
>
> I had a specific question and I got a non-specific non-answer. 
> If they didn't know, they should not have answered.
>
>   
>> It was not obvious, without closely reading your original post...
>>     
>
> So it WAS obvious to anyone who was PAYING ATTENTION?
>   
I think Terry just wanted to be kind to you by not saying you're 
completely wrong. Thing is, it was not obvious, enven for those who paid 
attention.
> Life is not a dress rehersal. If you don't get it right, things like
> the BP's oil spill, Chernobyl, and 3 mile island happen. Perhaps I'm
> being extreme, but computer programs underly our entire civilization
> today. Computers dump stock, and Billions are lost, needlessly
> affecting everyones life. Trains crash, boats sink, and psychos like
> me go off the deep end, because no-one is paying attention.
>
> 	L8r
> 	Spyder
>
>   
Funny :) You almost got a Godwin point !

JM