How to provide python scripts to someone without python installed

[micseydel]

Other languages that are interpreted include Java which is actually a hybrid

Python does this too, that's what .pyc files are, and some interpreters like PyPy even do JIT compilation.

For the op though, the solution to the problem regardless of all the interesting background is to send the interpreter along with the script (which is what the .exe converters do) or the recipient of the script also installs Python, just like they would Java (and to your point, Ruby, Perl or whatever else).