[Python-Dev] Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places (original) (raw)

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Sat Dec 11 18:07:16 CET 2004

At 08:22 AM 12/11/04 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:

BTW I strongly disagree that making easy .EXE binaries available will address this issue; while not bundled, there are plenty of solutions for maning .EXEs for those who need them, and this is not something that typically worries managers. But the perception of Python as "slow" does worry managers.

The relevant memes are that "compiled == fast", and that ".exe == compiled".

It's not about .exe as a distribution format, but rather that producing an .exe is supporting evidence of having a "real" compiler.

IOW, if there exists a compiler, but it doesn't produce .exe's, it won't be considered a "real" compiler by many programmers.

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