From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:55:30 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:16:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:17:59 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> So do all versions of Linux come with a built-in Python   
   >>> interpreter?   
   >>   
   >> There is this thing called a “package manager”, which automatically   
   >> pulls in any necessary dependencies (that aren’t already present)   
   >> when you try to install something. So if an executable is written   
   >> in Python, you don’t even have to know that. It gets invoked in the   
   >> same way as any other executable.   
   >   
   > Thank you. That's what I wanted to know.   
   >   
   > So if I write some Python code in, say, Windows, I can just run it   
   > under Linux without having to install anything?   
      
   If you have the right packaging tools available under Windows, I don’t   
   see why not.   
      
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