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by bdarnell 3069 days 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.