> Just my 0.02. BeOS is in the rather disadvantageous position > that it lacks many apps - even really basic ones. I come > from the camp that thinks anything that could make coding > for BeOS easier _without_ first having to download or > install something should be considered. And as Python is > probably the best known scripting languages, I'd regard it > as an asset in a standard OBOS distro. Well, I am not really a scripting language fan, but I don't think that any important application will be created in a scripting language. OTOH every OpenBeOS distribution can include whatever scripting language someone wants to, there is just no recommendation or any mandatory languages. Adios... Axel.