Why is w9xpopen.exe bundled with Python 2.7 on Windows?

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/29/2014 6:08 PM, ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy at gmail.com wrote:
> According to the message box that appears when it is run,
> w9xpopen.exe is only used on Windows 95/98. If that is the case, why
> it is still included in Python 2.7,

Please be more specific as to python installer source, python version, 
and location. I do not see it in my 2.7.8 directory installed by the psf 
.msi installer.

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Terry Jan Reedy