Python in C

[akineko]

Although this is not what you are asking but I'm wondering why you
need to read CPython implementation.
I have been using Python for 7 or 8 years but I've never encountered
any situations where I need to read CPython implementation.
I needed to read library implementations and installer codes, though.

CPython worked great for me. I don't want to read a large piece of
software, like CPython, unless it is really really necessary.

I'm curious.
Aki-

On Dec 29, 5:22 pm, thmpsn.... at gmail.com wrote:
> I've just downloaded Python's mainstream implementation (CPython),
> which is written in C. Not to my surprise, I feel like I'm looking at
> unstructured spaghetti, and I'm having trouble figuring out how it all
> works together. (Please bear with me; I'm just going through the usual
> frustration that anyone goes through when trying to see the
> organization of a C program :)
>
> So, I have two queries:
>
> 1. Can anyone explain to me what kind of program structuring technique
> (which paradigm, etc) CPython uses? How do modules interact together?
> What conventions does it use?
>
> 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)?