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[Fredrik Lundh]

Simon Brunning wrote:

>> I just got a new computer and pyton 2.2 is on it and I have never heard of
>> it What is is for.
>
> Python is a programming language. It's (loosely speaking) an
> interpreted language - that is to say, any software written in Python
> needs the Python software around in order to work.
>
>> Should I keep it on my puter???????????????
>
> Yup. It's probably used by some of the vendor supplied tools, which
> will stop working if you remove Python.

there's also a FAQ about this:

    http://www.python.org/doc/faq/installed.html

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