python in mac os x 10.2

[David Eppstein]

In article <Pine.OSX.4.53.0302040609370.17669 at whitaker>,
 jeff whitaker <jsw at cdc.noaa.gov> wrote:

> The answer is no. The python2.2 provided by apple is woefully inadequate -
> there's no libpython for one thing, and many of the standard library
> modules are not built.

The missing modules can be installed in /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/

The python2.2 provided by Apple is perfectly capable of running 
standalone native-interface Aqua applications (via pyobjc, also 
installable in site-packages), so from my point of view is completely 
adequate.  Any other python used for this purpose would have to be 
packaged as part of the application (don't want to make the user go 
through additional install procedures) so would lead to additional bloat 
in application size.

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David Eppstein       UC Irvine Dept. of Information & Computer Science
eppstein at ics.uci.edu http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/