In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Melis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anthony Irwin wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am currently trying to decide between using python or java and have a
>> few quick questions about python that you may be able to help with.
>>
>> #1 Does python have something like javas .jar packages. A jar file
>> contains all the program files and you can execute the program with java
>> -jar program.jar
>>
>> I am sort of hoping python has something like this because I feel it
>> makes it easier to distribute between platforms e.g. linux, mac windows
>> etc.
>
>It depends on what you see as the benefit of jar's. If it is purely a
>matter of packing your whole application up into a single file that you
>can distribute then there are a number of tools to do that, each with
>their limits. Search for cx_freeze or py2exe (win32 only).
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<URL: http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistributionUtilities >
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