Portable runtime

[Tripp Scott]

I was just wondereing whether there is a Python binding to APR, 
NSPR, or perhaps plans to sit CPython on top of one of these libraries?

With Python I can already do:
- portable path manipulation and file operation (os.path, open())
- portable threads (threading)
- portable sockets (socket)

But how do I deal with these?
- character set conversion
- natural order management of strings
- portable generation of UUID
- portable shared memory

Btw, does Python emulate threads on platforms where threads are not available?

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