diff -c /Users/john/configure\~ /Users/john/configure
--- a/configure	Wed Jul 31 13:57:01 2019
+++ b/configure	Wed Jul 31 13:57:39 2019
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
 
-	for am_cv_pathless_PYTHON in python python2 python3 python3.5 python3.4 python3.3 python3.2 python3.1 python3.0 python2.7  python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 none; do
+	for am_cv_pathless_PYTHON in python3 python2 python python3.5 python3.4 python3.3 python3.2 python3.1 python3.0 python2.7  python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 none; do
 	  test "$am_cv_pathless_PYTHON" = none && break
 	  prog="import sys
 # split strings by '.' and convert to numeric.  Append some zeros

Diff finished.  Wed Jul 31 13:57:51 2019