Does Python code >.require<< a run-time environment?? (New to Python)

[Martin von Loewis]

Dave Williams <xiarcexml at yahoo.com> writes:

> I am new to Python... and I was wondering... Does Python code compile
> to any form of .exe file, or do you require a run-time interpreter? 
> If the second is the case, how do you distribute applications??  Is
> it a light-weight run-time (small space, easy to include)... and do
> the end-users have to go through alot of steps to get to run it??

Sure. Please have a look at

http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.28

Regards,
Martin