Can't execute an external program !

[Thomas Heller]

[Neil]
>    I'd like to see the Python download smaller rather than larger so I'm
not
> in favour of adding large chunks of the Win32 extensions - just the bits I
> like, OK :) Lua manages a full script interpreter in 160K, and less than
80K
> if compressed with UPX, so Python looks bloated to me.
>
>    All that is really needed is for Sam Rushing's calldll/windll to be
> included in the standard distribution. Then any required OS calls could be
> implemented in Python rather than requiring an extension written in C. I
> know it opens Python up to the world of untyped, unchecked hardware
pointers
> but the increase in capability is large.
This would not help for the popen case, because on win95/98 (not on NT)
an additional executable helper program is needed.

>
>    Why are Unix specific modules like commands included in the Win32
> installation? It just leads to the confusion which caused this thread.
This may be the best solution:
Remove unix-specific modules (and those that do not work on windows) from
the core,
and use optional packages if these are needed.

Thomas