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Maxwell Sayles wrote:
>
> Looking to try out python... is there a GNU python for Win9x? and a
> tutorial maybe? thx

Python is open source/free software, but not GNU. So you won't find a
'GNU' python for Win9X. The good news it that you can download Python
for windows just fine from www.python.org. You can also find a tutorial
on that site.

Good luck!

Martijn

Maxwell Sayles wrote:
>
> Looking to try out python... is there a GNU python for Win9x? and a
> tutorial maybe?

Not sure just how a GNU Python would differ from the real thing, but you
can visit the Python Software Association's web site at
http://www.python.org/ to find what you're looking for. There's a
Windows Topic Guide (upper left corner of the screen) and a tutorial
(click the Documentation link).

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Skip Montanaro wrote:
>
> Maxwell Sayles wrote:
> >
> > Looking to try out python... is there a GNU python for Win9x? and a
> > tutorial maybe?
>
> Not sure just how a GNU Python would differ from the real thing,

* It'd only come with the GNU Public license.

* GNU Python would use the GNU coding style guidelines (in Python!)

* It'd be used for Emacs extensions.

* It'd do all those functional programming things. Closures and macros
and so on.

* Zope wouldn't have been developed because of the GPL, and then would
never have been opensourced.

* No COM support, unless provided by Cygnus.

* Cygnus comes with 'peggton', an experimental development adding static
type checking and more optimizations.

* Any product of <name> would have to be called GNU-Python <name>,
because after all the total size of the library modules imported by that
product would be larger than the product code itself.

Actually-I-like-the-FSF-ly yours,

Martijn

Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com> wrote:
> > Looking to try out python... is there a GNU python for Win9x? and a
> > tutorial maybe?
>
> Not sure just how a GNU Python would differ from the real thing.

a bit more like GNUscript, I suppose:

http://art.net/Studios/Hackers/Hopkins/Don/text/gnuscript.html

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/F wrote:

> Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com> wrote:
> > > Looking to try out python... is there a GNU python for Win9x? and a
> > > tutorial maybe?
> >
> > Not sure just how a GNU Python would differ from the real thing.
>
> a bit more like GNUscript, I suppose:
>
> http://art.net/Studios/Hackers/Hopkins/Don/text/gnuscript.html

There goes pythonware. Eaten by the TGPLV.

- Gordon