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Does anyone actually have normal users run Python programs? I thought programming was intended so that users could run your programs. But if a regular non-progr

Does anyone actually have normal users run Python programs? I thought programming was intended so that users could run your programs. But if a regular non-programming user wants to use a Python program, they need a whole tutorial on how to install and run it. Put everything in the standard library, or nothing at all, it doesn't really matter. Either way you still have to set up a custom environment and install a bunch of extra stuff and learn "how to run Python programs".

turndown 5y ago
Not sure what this is really on about, you can easily run a python program opaquely to a user by packaging it as an executable… or simply including #!/usr/bin/env python3 in a shell file and then `chmod +x script.py` on Linux. But to answer your question, yes, millions of people run Python programs without ever knowing anything about Python.
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viraptor 5y ago
Lots of people use python apps and not know about it. I don't get where the idea that it's complicated comes from. You run them the same way as everything else. For example if you use anything redhat-based you're running a python app (https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf). If you're running any desktop environment, you're likely using at least one python app or something with python scripting embedded.
sciurus 5y ago
> Does anyone actually have normal users run Python programs? To give one example: Every Dropbox customer does, since their client is written in Python