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[Joe Francia]

Elaine Jackson wrote:
> As comforting as it is to know that there are "several ways of doing this", I'd
> be even happier if I knew the name of just one of those ways. The FAQ searcher
> doesn't seem to understand lengthy explanations and hand-waving.
> 

Gerhard is undeserving of your flippancy.  He's very active in this 
forum and very knowledgeable, but doesn't tolerate ambiguity and 
laziness (read some of his postings).  You asked a vague question, and 
got a vague answer (you also used an ambiguous subject line, so be 
thankful someone answered you at all).  You asked "Can Python be 
compiled?".  Did you mean "Can the interpreter be compiled by me?" or 
"Can I compile my Python scripts into a stand-alone executable?" (this 
one is asked once a week) or "Can the Python interpreter be compiled 
into (embedded) an executable?"  The answer to all of these is yes (more 
or less - see the FAQ), but since you didn't even specify a platform, 
how can you expect a more detailed answer than the one you got?

I entered "compile" into the FAQ search engine, and saw listed answers 
to all of the above questions.  You may want to revisit the FAQ, and you 
also may want to read this page: 
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

The Python community is a friendly one, but mostly, no one here will 
hold your hand.  If you show you've spent some time trying to solve the 
problem yourself and then ask specific questions about the thing that's 
stumping you, you'll get helpful responses.

jf