Python Written in C?
David C. Ullrich
dullrich at sprynet.com
Mon Jul 21 13:16:50 EDT 2008
In article <cqKdnc3xC9qQVR7VnZ2dnUVZ_hjinZ2d at speakeasy.net>,
Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
> giveitawhril2008 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I'm just learning about Python now and it sounds interesting. But I
> > just read (on the Wiki page) that mainstream Python was written in C.
> > That's what I was searching for: Python was written in what other
> > language?
> >
> > See, my concern was something like: OK, if Python is so hot, then,
> > hopefully someone is writing it in assembly language for each MPU chip
> > out there. Otherwise, if, say, they've written it in C#, then it looks
> > like the REAL, generally useful language to learn is C# and Python is
> > akin to Visual Basic or something: a specialty language....whereas
> > REAL WORLD programmers who want to be generally useful go and learn
> > C#.
>
> Psst. What language do you think the primary implementations of C# is
> written in?
I know, I know, call on me!
Object Pascal, obviously.
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David C. Ullrich
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