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[Danny Yoo]

On Sun, 5 May 2002, cmelik igor wrote:

> HI all. I traying to learn to programing, from all program leanguies
> PYTHON look like easy one....BUT in all other programs is easy to make
> exe file. same with aplication .

Actually, you can usually avoid making .exe's in Python.  Python is an
'interpreted' language --- that is, we use the Python program itself to
run Python programs.


A program in .EXE form is meant to be standalone, so that anyone without
Python can run your program.  If you're planning to share your programs
with your friends, you can make an .EXE by using a program called
'py2exe':

    http://py2exe.sourceforge.net

but while you're learning programming with Python, you usually don't need
to make .EXE's, just because you're the only one who's running the
program.  *grin*


If you have more questions, please feel free to ask!