[Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Fri Feb 10 23:34:50 CET 2006


> Charles Hartman wrote:
> > It seems to me (as *much* closer to a newbie than a developer) that  
> > simply recommending the download & install of Python 2.4.x not only  
> > wouldn't put a major obstacle in the way of beginners, but wouldn't  
> > seem to, either. 
> 
> Exactly. It's not like anyone but Linux users expects everything to be 
> pre-installed on their machine! You have to download something to try 
> out RealBasic, or whatever, as well.
> 
> -Chris

I don't know about that.  The Mac philosophy is something like, "It
just works".  I hear that a lot from new Mac users around here.

Bill


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