True, but by doing apt-get install php you won't be up and running either. My point was really to clarify that you don't need a full blown framework to run basi

True, but by doing apt-get install php you won't be up and running either. My point was really to clarify that you don't need a full blown framework to run basic Python scripts for web programming purposes and also to state that the barrier to entry for Python isn't really that much higher than PHP.