Distributing applications

[Phillip Mills]

I've learned enough of the Python language to be mildly dangerous and 
have used it in a few personal projects.  All my development of 
commercial (or production) products over the past dozen years have been 
done with C++ or Java.

For a program I'm planning -- to begin during the summer -- having an 
interpreter as part of the application would be very desirable to allow 
sophisticated users to provide their own extensions.  Java would be 
do-able, but....

My problems are:
  - I'd like the process of installing the application to be one step; 
no "first download a Python interpreter then a GUI library" kind of 
thing.
  - I also need the core part of the application to be reasonably 
protected.  I'm not looking to defeat hackers, but something equivalent 
to the way Java's class files stored in jars stay where they're supposed 
to be and aren't immediately readable.

I've looked at various web sites for this topic, but most I've found are 
just arguments for using the Python language.  OK, I'll pretend I'm 
convinced...now any comments or references on the mechanics of creating 
a self-contained distribution?

-- 
Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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