compiling python with unix

[Cameron Laird]

In article <40c033e0$0$2277$afc38c87 at news.easynet.fr>,
RosalieM <NOSPAM at easyconnect.fr> wrote:
>I would like to understand what python needs to work on unix.
>And to understand how i can make it smalest possible?
>I dont understand at all setup.
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>I searched in python.org and in sources but it is not clear at all for me.
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>Can python run with a posix C compiler and minix or something like that ?
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There are probably simple answers to your questions.  It
might take a bit of conversation before we understand each
other's language.

Most Unix host nowadays install with Python already present.
Under MacOS and nearly all Linux distributions, for example,
I can type at the command line, and receive responses:
  # python
  Python 2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11) 
  [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> 3 + 8.5
  11.5
  >>> print("Hello, world.")
  Hello, world.
Is that the sort of information you seek?  If you prefer, 
fr.comp.lang.python is also available as a Usenet newsgroup.
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