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Over My Head
by Richard Gordon April 1, 1999

April 1, 1999

I'm in over my head, but not like you may be thinking (at least for the purposes of this message). The short(er) version is that when Darwin was announced, I took a look at the pieces available for distribution and noticed that while Perl was included, Python was not. So, I wrote to Developer Feedback and pointed out this omission with a suggestion that they include Python in Darwin and in OS X Server if it has been omitted from the shipping product. In due course, I got a perfunctory thank you in reply, but then got another message yesterday from the Darwin Product Manager, Ernest Prabhakar <prabhaka(a)apple.com>, that invited me to submit a compatible version of Python that will run under Darwin because they hadn't had a chance to explore that. That's where the "over my head" part comes in since my knowlege of Python is pretty rudimentary at this point regardless of platform. I told him that I would pass this request on to you guys in the belief that somebody here was probably already playing with Darwin and that this was the most Mac-centric source of Python knowledge. So, there it is. It did not occur to me to mention to him that mkLinux DR3 ships with Python and maybe that version is already suitable for use with Darwin and/or MacOS X Server. Is that the quick fix or what? If so, I'll pass the info along and let them figure it out, but if not then could one of you guys who is willing to evangelize Python maybe get up with Ernie about this? Thanks. Richard Gordon -------------------- Gordon Consulting & Design Database Design/Scripting Languages mailto://maccgi@bellsouth.net 770.565.8267

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