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Does this picture remind you of a certain famous painting?

But who is Judas? And who is Jesus?

For an excellent and concise version of this please read http://dev.fprimex.com/learning-python/installing-python-on-mac
It also includes extremely easy instructions on installing the excellent SPE Python editor.

With Python when you want to install a package on the Internet you can either manually install it or use the Python Package Index.

The Python Package Index is a repository of software for [...]

Just finished the annual MAD ride today.

I wimped out (wise choice) by doing the 60 km option.

Basically it is a 60km ride near Hanging Rock. There is also a 110km option as well as a 60km mountain bike ride.
There were literally hundreds of people on the ride. It was quite enjoyable.

You will have [...]

After a long hiatus I have decided to do some serious study about computers again.
To be more precise, a programming language.

Whilst I love Python because the source code looks so good due to its use of white space as a language construct. But I will be going for that other P language PERL PHP

Why?

It is [...]

Do you want access to thousands of Linux/Unix programs on the Mac? Know what APT-GET is?
Basically MacPorts is APT-GET for the Mac.

After downloading the installer for Leopard – MacPorts-1.6.0-10.5-Leopard.dmg