DOS Python

[William Tanksley]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:03:01 GMT, Hans Nowak wrote:
>On 5 Oct 99, William Tanksley wrote:

>> I just downloaded the DOS version of Python from Hans Nowak's page.
>> Probalm is, there don't seem to be any docs or modules included -- it's
>> just the .exe file.  Where do I get the .py modules which are supposed to
>> go with it, and where do I install them?

>Looks like a link is missing on my page. Try
>http://www.cuci.nl/~hnowak/stuff/python-1.5-lib.arj

Great.  I'll do that right away, if I can find an .arj extractor.
Speaking of which, is there any particular reason why you used .zip for
the executable and .arj for the (required) libraries?

Okay, this will clearly take some more work.  It seems that the arj
program doesn't support long file names, but the arj archive includes
them.  (How'd you manage that?)

>> Also, has someone compiled numPy for DOS?

>I tried to, but for some reason it didn't go well. Python-DX does a 
>few NumPy modules included; nothing spectacular though.

Actually, 'array' is a great addition, and I'll be using it.  I can
simulate all of the others and just let them run overnight :).

Thanks a lot, Hans.

>--Hans Nowak (zephyrfalcon at hvision.nl)

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-William "Billy" Tanksley