> > However, there is a different type of Mac user -- the type that has > traditionally used Macs. Some of these folks are giving a bit of programming > a try, and have heard that python is an easy to learn language -- and, cool, > OS-X even comes with it installed!
It's true there is definitely a market. But that last part is most important. I actually think that python is best suited to take over applescript in the scripting business. I mean, what a limited language applescript is, compared to how easy Python is! But then they soon enough discover that they need additional packages of > some sort --- and numpy is a very, very useful package, and not just for the > experienced programmer (think Matlab users, for instance). These folks > haven't installed the compiler, don't know 64 from 32 bit, and heaven > forbid, have no idea how the heck to compile a dependency with the > "./configure && make && make install" dance. I do know my 64 from 32, but since I've been teaching teenagers for the last five years I am definitely rusty. So I would fit into this category. And I definitely think there aren't enough docs out there. Apple's PyObjC still talks about Tiger! Some years ago, the community on the pythonmac list made significant efforts > to try to support these folks. Primarily what they need are binary > installers. We also more or less declared the python.orgpython as the > official python to support, and even had a repository of pre-built packages > (http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html). It was pretty handy > -- you could get python itself and all the major packages there, all working > together. Python 2.6.4 with setuptools is a fairly simple matter, again, it's just a matter of it being "out there."
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