Python bytecode compatibility between interpreter versions

[Skip Montanaro]

    Jon> Anyway, we can at least count on the fact that a .pyc compiled by a
    Jon> particular Python version (say, Python 2.1.1) on one platform (say,
    Jon> Mac), will run on another platform (say, Solaris) as long as the
    Jon> interpreter has the same minor version (say, Python 2.1.0).

Yup.  I believe there were some problems between 32- and 64-bit platforms
ages ago, but they've been resolved.

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