You can compile Python apps to run on machines without the Python interpreter, its always worked for me anyway, but then again I have only done simple programs. Anyway the program I used for doing it was py2exe http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/ . The problem is that when you do this it makes the exe rather large, if I remember correctly with produces and exe and a dll on Windows machines that you can then distibute. Worth a try as it is free but you have been warned, it won't take much code before you are running out os space on a floppy, thats for sure.

Cheers

Scott