From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   No version of Linux includes any built-in languages (unless you   
   consider the fancy bpf code a "language").  "Linux" is just the kernel,   
   nothing more.   
      
   Most Linux **distributions** include Python (and a whole host of other   
   languages) in their repositories that one can install on one's system.   
      
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