James Godwin wrote: > I have two options for installing > > 1. Python 2.1 pre-compiled for Mac OS X from http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/ > 2. or at Fink where it is maintained on a continual basis.
You'll probably find biased opinions if you ask a Fink list which is preferable... :) > python - Interpreted, object-oriented language. > python-nox - Interpreted, object-oriented language. > python21 - Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented If you don't want to do any [X11] graphical programming, you can go for the -nox version. Python21 is a version frozen at 2.1, which was needed to get Zope to work; the regular Python package is currently at 2.2 (as is the -nox version), and can be expected to be updated as new versions become available. I'd use it unless you want to try Zope out (which itself is pretty cool software, so you might want to do that). In the end though, they're mostly similar. The minor differences are just there to support different ways of using the language. I'd say go with the up to date 'python' version, unless you're sure that you don't want graphics or that you do need Zope, in which case you can go with -nox or 21. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator, Unix advertising systems, Boston.com _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
