For one, there is no native mechanism for compiling a Python program into a standalone executable package. To be fair, the original use case for Python never called for standalone redistributables.

Python always looks like “ALMOST) INSTANTLY” in carefully selected bookworm examples. But when you try to implement something useful in real world it became ugly after first 200 lines of code.

How to Run Cmd.exe From Python. While it is not common to need to call Windows functions within Python code, you may occasionally need to do so in order to make a program work correctly.