c(++)python?

[Daniel Dittmar]

Dynamic loading of extension modules is also a concern, as it is much
more difficult to keep a C++ interface binary compatible.

> Is this in fact the case, or was c++ not standardized/mature enough
> when python first came out?

I doubt it is standardized enough by now. There are still major
variations in the way overloading is resolved etc. And writing portable
C++ is pretty much experimental: you compile on all relevant platforms
and look for errors. Which means for most contributors that they compile
on Linux and Win32 (and curse all those lesser platforms a year later
when their code gets ported the first time).

Daniel