Use Jython to make true executable?

[Tomasz Stochmal]

carlf at panix.com (Carl Fink) wrote in message news:<slrn9i28es.aq7.carlf at panix2.panix.com>...
> I'm a Python beginner, so forgive me if this question is stupid.
> 
> A common request on this group is a true compiler to convert a Python
> script to a directly-executable program. (ELF for Linux, .exe for
> Windows/DOS, etc.)  There apparently used to be a python2c project
> which was abandoned.
> 
> Couldn't you develop your program in Jython, "compile" it to Java
> bytecodes, then run them through GCC?  I haven't tried it, but I've
> read that GCC can convert Java to direct executables.  
> 
> Now, I also am far from a Java expert.  For instance, would Swing be
> convertible using GCC given that it's not free software?
> 
> So, is this idea so obvious that it has to have a flaw?

for Windows just use py2exe http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/