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Thanks so much for your answers. With regard to Mr. Underhill's
response: I'm a little confused too. I know that Linux asked me if I
wanted Python while I was installing Slackware and I did say yes,
however, I don't get anything except a short description of what Python
is from the man pages in Slackware 10.1, and in my Slackware Linux
Unleashed 3rd edition there's nothing I could find that makes any
reference to Python at all. How do I envoke the software/programme,
etc, needed to start using Python? Again, your help even thusfar is
very much appreciated.<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
To Mathew, thanks for the download. I'll be able to start working
Python on my WinXP machine as well. <br>
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Regards, <br>
<br>
Valo<br>
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1. Re: Recommended compiler for Python? (Larry Underhill)
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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:22:06 -0500
From: Larry Underhill <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lgu@pobox.com"><lgu@pobox.com></a>
Subject: Re: Recommended compiler for Python?
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On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 19:52 -0800, Valo S. Gonzalez wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Well after a little deliberation I've decided to learn Python, but I
need a compiler. Is there any one in particular you could recommend for me?
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Hey there, Valo. Congrats on picking python. It is a fun language.
I'm a little confused by your question. You don't need a compiler and
python itself is typically shipped on every linux distro as it is
commonly used for many sys admin tools. No extra effort needed.
[lgu@grindylow ~]$ which python
/usr/bin/python
You can interact with the interpreter easily enough to get started right
away:
[lgu@grindylow ~]$ python
Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb 2 2005, 12:11:53)
[GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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print "Hello, %s" % name
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Hope that helps!
--Larry
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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:26:18 -0500
From: Matthew Gillen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:me@mattgillen.net"><me@mattgillen.net></a>
Subject: Re: Recommended compiler for Python?
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Valo S. Gonzalez wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Well after a little deliberation I've decided to learn Python, but I
need a compiler. Is there any one in particular you could recommend for
me?
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<pre wrap=""><!---->You should probably start with this:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://python.org/download/">http://python.org/download/</a>
ActiveState ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/?mp=1">http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/?mp=1</a> )
apparently has a python implementation, but I've never used it (and
don't know the details on the licensing).
--Matt
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