Python in C

Chris Rebert clp at rebertia.com
Mon Dec 29 20:32:08 EST 2008


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:22 PM,  <thmpsn.m.k at gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> 2. Have there been any suggestions in the past to rewrite Python's
> mainstream implementation in C++ (or why wasn't it done this way from
> the beginning)?

I'm not a CPython dev (I bet one will pipe in), but I would speculate
it's because C++ is so much more complicated and a bit less portable
than C.

Cheers,
Chris

-- 
Follow the path of the Iguana...
http://rebertia.com



More information about the Python-list mailing list