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Re: the general development using Python

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Date 2013-07-10 12:53 +1000
Subject Re: the general development using Python
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:16 PM, CM <cmpython@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 8:14:44 PM UTC-4, Joshua Landau wrote:
>> Yeah, but not for Python :P. For Python .exe files are a rarity and
>> should be kept that way.
>
> That there is a significant interest in creating exe files suggest that not everyone feels that way.

No; there can be interest in something that should be a rarity. I have
interest in turning a MUD client around backwards and having it bind
and listen instead of connecting, but I know that that should be
extremely rare. Useful, but rare.

There are a number of wrong reasons for wanting to turn Python scripts
into exe files, and a number of better reasons that place different
demands on the structure. For instance, some people aren't trying to
conceal their code, just to make a simple deployment system (as per
this thread). In that case, some form of self-extracting zip file
might be best. Others try to prevent their code from being stolen, or
tampered with. That's approximately impossible, but in any case, that
will obviously NOT be just a sfx. And then there are those who want to
compile to binary for speed (and not all of them are even correct in
what they're looking for). So there'll always be multiple solutions to
what you think is one problem ("create an exe file from a Python
application"), suggesting that it might not be one problem at all.

ChrisA

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the general development using Python ajetrumpet@gmail.com - 2013-07-08 18:45 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:59 +0100
  Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 13:07 +1000
  Re: the general development using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 22:13 -0400
  Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 21:46 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 15:03 +1000
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:29 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:41 -0600
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 23:59 +1000
    Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:21 +0100
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:38 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:13 +0100
    Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:35 -0700
      Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 01:14 +0100
        Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 19:16 -0700
          Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 12:53 +1000
          Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 05:12 +0100
            Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 21:49 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 06:49 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:18 -0700
                Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-11 00:57 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 11:37 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:10 -0600
  Re: the general development using Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-09 19:25 -0400

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