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On 11/03/2015 18:15, Dave Angel wrote:
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>
> Just speculating, but how about when the main executable is not python at all,
> but it uses a DLL or .so file with Python interpreter.
>
>
when I run a django wsgi.py using uwsgi sys.executable points at the uwsgi 
executable. To run subprocess etc I have to find the python that's parallel to 
uwsgi (works in a virtualenv at least).
-- 
Robin Becker