On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 6:45:50 PM UTC-6, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 6:03:55 PM UTC-6, Bruce Whealton wrote: > > > Surely, one is going to want to create GUI apps for users > > that are not Python Developers. I would not think to ask > > someone to install Python on their system and make sure it > > is added to the path. Maybe it is not so hard for the non- > > technical, average users. > > > > I would want to package in some way so that when launched, > > it installs whatever is needed on the end user's computer. > > How is this done? Are there common practices for this? > > > Your assumptions are correct! In fact, in a language that was "supposedly" > designed to be an "applications language" (eat your heart out D'Aprano!!!), > one would think that distributing apps would not only be obvious, but also > intuitive! > > ALAS, THE CRUEL REALITIES OF INTERPRETED LANGUAGES SLAPS YOU IN THE PASTEY > WHITE FACE! > > Unlike a true "applications language", like say, um, *JAVA*, one cannot > simply compile an executable and distribute it in a teeny tiny binary form, > no, with Python, the end user must either (1) have Python on his machine > already, (2) download Python, or (3) you must package a Python interpreter > along with your script (and dependencies) -- which will end up being a very > large file just to run (what is in most cases) a very small script. > > BOO-HISS! > > But the good news is that, Python ships on many machines already. But of > course, you're seeking more consistency in your distribution QA than the > "wild guess" and the fickle nature of "lady luck". > > Many 3rd party libraries exist to solve your distribution issue. Google > probably knows about all (or at least most) of them.
if you did not notice Java/.NET ship with runtime VMs as well. Even C/C++ have some requirements depending on the platform. We should all switch to assembly to avoid any dependencies and port our code to each platform without hesitation. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
