People choosing Python 3

[Stephan Houben]

Op 2017-09-10, Marko Rauhamaa schreef <marko at pacujo.net>:
> Stephan Houben <stephanh42 at gmail.com.invalid>:
>>
>> Why not bundle the Python interpreter with your application?
>> It seems to work for Windows developers...
>
> I've seen that done for Python and other technologies. It is an
> expensive route to take. Also, it can be insecure. When vulnerabilities
> are found, they are communicated to the maintainers of, say, Python.
> When Python is fixed and released, the vulnerability is revealed, but
> the version bundled with your product is still broken. You have to be
> prepared perform an emergency release of your product and hope you don't
> mess things up.

To each his own, but this is not different from any other
third-party package your application depends on.

Stephan