Python and Industry, IBM I'm afraid

[Pete]

Thanks for putting me straight Tim. 

I have been informed that AIX binaries migrate nicely these days, and
that a port would not be too difficult to achieve as a result.
So...maybe I'll learn something.

--Pete
Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Pete]
> > Has anyone ported Python to IBM iSeries 400?...Or is this
> > considered too much hassle, because they are big fat trucks
> > of servers - and come bundled with no GUI support (they have
> > had posix for many years)?...Or are people waiting for Linux
> > support in a logical OS partition?...Or does no one care?
> 
> I don't know whether there are any Python ports to IBM iSeries 400, but, if
> there aren't, that would be because no IBM iSeries 400 user bothered to port
> it.  In which case, you'll have to ask them what their hangup is -- or ask
> IBM why they don't think it's worth their time to make a port available.
> Note that Intel and Microsoft cared enough to pay ActiveState for a Win64
> Python port.  So there's more than one way to get a port done, but the only
> way that's free requires a volunteer.