How to run python without python

[danmcleran at yahoo.com]

On Apr 2, 11:09 am, "danmcle... at yahoo.com" <danmcle... at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 1, 5:54 pm, Chris Rebert <c... at rebertia.com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Krister Svanlund
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> > <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?
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> > > Short answer: No.
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> > 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/
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> > But one can't generate such a standalone executable for a different
> > operating system from that which one's computer runs.
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> > 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.

using py2exe.