Because alot of the users here at Intel dont want to admit you can write usable programs in a "scripting" language.. so when they see a .exe they feel comfy... <br><br>I'm working on pushing "agile language"... I personally think its more appropriate then scripting =D
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alan Gauld</b> <<a href="mailto:alan.gauld@btinternet.com">alan.gauld@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>"Etrade Griffiths" <<a href="mailto:etrade.griffiths@dsl.pipex.com">etrade.griffiths@dsl.pipex.com</a>> wrote<br>> just finished developing my first app with wxPython and matplotlib<br>> and now<br>
> trying to create an EXE file using PY2EXE for distribution.<br>> However, this<br>> is proving to be an extremely frustrating experience and I am making<br>> very<br>> little progress. Are there any "simple" alternatives to PY2EXE for
<br>> shipping Python apps to Windows machines?<br><br>There are a few more sophisticated tools around but py2exe is<br>usually considered the easy option.<br><br>But are you sure you really need an EXE?<br>The size of a bundled python install, which can be optionally
<br>loaded if not alteady there, is not excessive in modern PC<br>software terms and many environments nowadays do not<br>use pure exe's - VB, .NET, Java Smalltalk, etc<br><br>So why not just ship Python? And if you writre a lot of code
<br>installing<br>python will use up less memory in the long term since you won't<br>have a copy of the interpreter hiding inside every app!<br><br>Alan G.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tutor maillist -
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