Marcin Komorowski wrote:
> It could be argued that if there are version
> dependent scripts in OSX they really should use /usr/bin/python23 to
> ensure the correct version of the interpreter.
Yes, it could, and has, and it's a strong argument.
> However, I will
> agree, that it would not be a safe bet to rely on this.
Quite right. It's not. I have never seen a vendor do it. For some
bizarre reason, it seems whenever an OS vendor decides to use Python, it
doesn't dawn upon them that their users might want to use it also,
including different versions. So far, I've seen RedHat, IBM and Apple
all do the same thing: use "python", or maybe "/usr/bin/python", and not
one of them has specified the version. It's just plain weird.
-Chris
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