On 11/23/2010 5:57 AM Walter Prins said...
On 23 November 2010 03:02, John Smith<jocj...@verizon.net> wrote:
I like Python itself. Very powerful. But I guess I'll look for some other
language which provides the features I need without the hassle. Thanks again
for your help.
In any case for the record, Python source, especially cross-platform source,
will often be distributed as .tar.gz and oftentimes its actually preferred
to use the source if possible, there's no need to be worried about this or
to fear it in any way.
To add to what Walter said, in general it's probably a good thing to
learn to be somewhat comfortable installing from sources, whether for
python or any other language or OS. You're likely to run in to version
conflicts sooner or later and often the resolution involves building
from source or installing or reverting to specific versions of packages.
Speaking of which, you can also install the version of python supported
by the maintainers of PYSERIAL so that you can use the installer.
In any case, serial communications is rarely simple -- I still have
books on my shelf from the early 80s detailing the hundreds of RS232
'standards' that were in common use then.
Emile
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