Should I use Python?

[Michael P. Soulier]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 16:55:19 +1300, Grant <herne at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>I have been creating some useful utilities in java and now find other
>people I work with also wish to use them. Problem is they are
>applications and require the java runtime environment to be installed.
>
>I would prefer  to be able to write the utilities on Linux as I do now.
>The file created must be able to be run by others  on NT machines -
>either from a server or from their own machines. It should not require
>any additonal setup or libraries to install, and will  need to read from
>remote servers on a local network, reading and parsing files.
>
>Would Python be the best choice?Any other suggestions?

    The only way to do what you're talking about is to distribute binaries for
the target platform. Python is a good choice if you want to use the frozen
tool and compile the Python to native code. 

    Mike

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