How to run python without python

[danmcleran at yahoo.com]

On Apr 1, 5:54 pm, Chris Rebert <c... at rebertia.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Krister Svanlund
>
> <krister.svanl... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Spencer <Infotech... at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> >> Is there a way to developing a script on linux and give it
> >> to someone on microsoft, so that they could run it on microsoft
> >> without installing python?
>
> > Short answer: No.
>
> Long answer:
> No indeed. But if he were to have a Windows computer, he could
> generate a standalone executable from a Python program using one of
> the following tools:
> py2exe:http://www.py2exe.org/
> PyInstaller:http://www.pyinstaller.org/
>
> But one can't generate such a standalone executable for a different
> operating system from that which one's computer runs.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
> --http://blog.rebertia.com

that's not entirely true. i just built a standalone exe for win 7 from
my win xp machine.