The error of building Python on HP UX

[Paul Boddie]

SteveN <smnordby at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3B60BC42.8C790BCE at yahoo.com>...
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > 
> > (Couldn't resist. :-)
> > 
> > It is indeed an error to attempt to build Python on HP UX.  (See the
> > endless laments in the SF bug database.)
> 
> And yet HP makes it available:
> http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Languages/python-2.1/

It's a fearsome experience to run Python on HP-UX too - see the
screenshot they provide. ;-)