Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'd like to provide a program, for
example a Python script, that can be run on platforms including
Linux, Mac, and Windows. I want the program to read the content
of a few files in the directory, and create a new file in that
directory based on the content. Specifically, I want the program
to find file1.txt and file2.txt, and create a new file file3.txt
which is a concatenation of the first two files.  I might
provide a Python script to a Linux user, and the user can run
python script.py  However, Windows does not have Python. What
other choices of programs do I have that will allow it to be run
on these platforms, without the user having to install anything
extra?  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers  up
vote 0 down vote accepted  You could use C++, but then you'd
have to compile for each platform, which is sometimes more work
than you'd like.  Most systems have some form of Java installed
already, which could work.  Python runs on Windows, Mac and
Linux, the user wo