On Saturday, September 7, 2013 9:17:46 PM UTC-4, Aaron Martin wrote:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so that
brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and does it come
with spam or advertisements? If it doesn't then should I get the latest
On 10 September 2013 01:06, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:19:11 +, Fattburger wrote:
But really, we've learned *nothing* from the viruses of the 1990s.
Remember when we used to talk about how crazy it was to download code
from untrusted
On 10.09.2013 11:45, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
On 10 September 2013 01:06, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:19:11 +, Fattburger wrote:
But really, we've learned *nothing* from the viruses of the 1990s.
Remember when we used to talk about how
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
Of course, Linux is a much
harder target than the average unpatched Windows box, and there are
probably easier ways to get access to your files if they really need to.
Plus Linux isn't a single
On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:45:16 +0100, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
On 10 September 2013 01:06, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
[rant about executing code over the internet]
You could have also mentioned pip/PyPI in that. 'pip install X'
downloads and runs arbitrary code
Every time you go on the Internet, you download other people's code
and execute it. Javascript, Flash, HTML5, PDF are all either
executable, or they include executable components.
That's why I deactivate all of these by default. And why I *hate*
so-called web designers who *require* activation
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 02:39:09 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Charles Hottel chot...@earthlink.net
wrote:
I think this article is relevant althought the code examples are not
Python but C:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html
That is quite true, and yet
On 09/09/2013 04:41 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 02:39:09 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Charles Hottel chot...@earthlink.net
wrote:
I think this article is relevant althought the code examples are not
Python but C:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:37:15 +, Dave Angel wrote:
1) what OS are you running? Actually, we can be pretty sure you're
running Windows, since any other common operating system would have
already included Python.
Plus I don't often run into Linux users who worry about viruses, unless
the
On 09/09/2013 05:02 AM, Anthony Papillion wrote:
But (and this is stepping into *really* paranoid territory here. But
maybe not beyond the realm of possibility) it would not be so hard to
compromise compilers at the chip level. If the NSA were to strike an
agreement with, say, Intel so that
On 09/09/2013 10:40 AM, William Ray Wing wrote:
I think that is pretty far fetched. It requires recognition that a
compiler is being compiled. I'd be REALLY surprised if there were a
unique sequence of hardware instructions that was common across every
possible compiler (current and future)
On Sep 9, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Michael Torrie torr...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/09/2013 05:02 AM, Anthony Papillion wrote:
But (and this is stepping into *really* paranoid territory here. But
maybe not beyond the realm of possibility) it would not be so hard to
compromise compilers at the chip
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:19:11 +, Fattburger wrote:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:37:15 +, Dave Angel wrote:
1) what OS are you running? Actually, we can be pretty sure you're
running Windows, since any other common operating system would have
already included Python.
Plus I don't often
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:37:15 +, Dave Angel wrote:
You can run a 32bit Python on 64bit OS, but not the oter way
around. And most people just match the bitness of Python against the
bitness of the OS.
AFAICT, most people run 32-bit Python on any version of Windows.
[And this isn't limited
On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:04:59 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
As for trusting python in general, I do trust the python developers, but
recent NSA revelations call just about all aspects of computing, trust,
and privacy into doubt.
Recent revelations? Where have you been for the last, oh, 20 odd
Definitely get the latest version (currently 3.3, soon 3.4). Python
keeps getting new features and improvements.
Python scripts or applications might not be compatible with Python 3.x
and require 2.x instead.
Sincerely,
Wolfgang
--
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:04:59 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
As for trusting python in general, I do trust the python developers, but
recent NSA revelations call
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Charles Hottel chot...@earthlink.net wrote:
I think this article is relevant althought the code examples are not Python
but C:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html
That is quite true, and yet not truly helpful here :) It's like
pointing out that we could
On 9/8/2013 9:29 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote:
Definitely get the latest version (currently 3.3, soon 3.4). Python
keeps getting new features and improvements.
Python scripts or applications might not be compatible with Python 3.x
and require 2.x instead.
And the other way around.
--
Terry
I capitalize Free to avoid confusing it with free as in beer.
On Sunday, September 8, 2013 3:01:58 AM UTC, Ben Finney wrote:
Aaron Martin aaronspencermar...@gmail.com writes:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so
that brought up a few questions. Is it
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so that
brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and does it come
with spam or advertisements? If it doesn't then should I get the latest
version? I mostly want to know if it is safe to download, because most of
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Aaron Martin
aaronspencermar...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so that
brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and does it come
with spam or advertisements? If it doesn't then should I get
Aaron Martin aaronspencermar...@gmail.com writes:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so
that brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and
does it come with spam or advertisements?
Python is free software, meaning that every recipient is free
On 09/07/2013 07:17 PM, Aaron Martin wrote:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so that
brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and does it come
with spam or advertisements? If it doesn't then should I get the latest
version? I mostly want to
On 7/9/2013 21:17, Aaron Martin wrote:
Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so that
brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download python, and does it come
with spam or advertisements? If it doesn't then should I get the latest
version? I mostly want to know
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