From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:42:08 +0000, Richard Kettlewell   
    wrote:   
      
   >Steve Hayes  writes:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >That’s debatable, but either way, most people don’t care about that   
   >enough to impact language choice.   
      
   So do all versions of Linux come with a built-in Python interpreter?   
      
      
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