Recommended compiler for Python?

[lgu at pobox.com (Larry Underhill)]

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 19:52 -0800, Valo S. Gonzalez wrote:
> Well after a little deliberation I've decided to learn Python, but I 
> need a compiler.  Is there any one in particular you could recommend for me?

Hey there, Valo. Congrats on picking python. It is a fun language.

I'm a little confused by your question. You don't need a compiler and
python itself is typically shipped on every linux distro as it is
commonly used for many sys admin tools. No extra effort needed. 

[lgu at grindylow ~]$ which python
/usr/bin/python

You can interact with the interpreter easily enough to get started right
away:

[lgu at grindylow ~]$ python
Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:11:53)
[GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> name = 'World'
>>> print "Hello, %s" % name
Hello, World
>>>
(CTRL + D to exit back to shell)

Hope that helps!

--Larry