From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-20, Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:00:43 +0000, The Natural Philosopher   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 19/01/2026 04:10, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> I know some here HATE Python ... but it really IS   
   >>> almost infinitely useful these days. The look and   
   >>> feel is sort of BASIC, sort of FORTRAN, sort of Pascal++.   
   >>> It Just Works.   
   >>   
   >>I've not used any of those languages in decades, either.   
   >   
   > I've played with Python, BASIC and Pascal.   
   >   
   > The thing I don't understand about Python is why it is so popular when   
   > it is an interpreted rather than a compiled language, so it can't   
   > produce stand-alone programs.   
      
   It can be compiled, just like some Java and Lisps will also offer   
   compilation.   
      
   As for stand-alone programs, what *is* a stand-alone program? Even if   
   statically-linked, do you consider e.g. a C program stand-alone if it   
   requires a hosted implementation to run on?   
      
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