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Was there ever a DOS binary? That would be worth firing up a VM for.

• ojii 9y ago
  Try building one yourself ;-) https://github.com/python/cpython/releases/tag/v1.0.1 https://github.com/python/cpython/releases/tag/v1.0.1
• Someone 9y ago
  http://legacy.python.org/download/other/ http://legacy.python.org/download/other/: ”Python for MS-DOS Python 2.4.2 for DOS/DPMI, built on the DJGPP platform, is also available”. So, yes, there was one. The link (http://www.caddit.net/pythond http://www.caddit.net/pythond) works, and seems to still have the binary. You will need a ”proper Long Filename Driver for your platform” to fully enjoy it.
• chungy 9y ago
  DOS was supported into the 2.x days. IIRC, 2.3 or whereabouts was the last supported version for DOS.
• zephyrfalcon 9y ago
  There was. I used to maintain one for a while, compiled with DJGPP, long ago (obviously). Links might still work: https://web.archive.org/web/20080828160609/http://zephyrfalcon.org/labs/pythondx.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080828160609/http://zephyrfalc...
• bdarnell 9y ago
  I learned Python 1.4 on DOS (with DJGPP). I think there were binary releases, but you couldn't use them if you needed any third-party C modules. There was no dynamic linking on DOS so you needed to statically link any C code you were using into python.exe. This was a huge pain but it also taught me a ton about both C and Python.