[Python-Dev] Single-file Python executables (was: Computed Goto dispatch for Python 2)

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Paul Moore writes:

 > In my environments, we frequently have ancient versions of RHEL
 > installed, sometimes with no Python at all (IIRC) or nothing better
 > than 2.4.

That's pretty advanced as older Red Hat systems go.  You're lucky it
isn't 1.5.2!

Getting serious, Red Hat systems have included Python for about as
long as the youngest core committers have been alive, and I'm sure
that goes back before they called it "Enterprise" Linux.