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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:33:38 -0700
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Lew Schwartz wrote:
> So, if I read between the lines correctly, you recommend Python 3? Does 
> the windows version install with a development environment?

Dabo, last I checked, uses wxPython, which uses wxWidgets (sp?), which 
is not yet ported to Python 3.  So if you got that route you'll need to 
stay with 2.7.

~Ethan~