"CPython"

[Paulo da Silva]

Às 02:33 de 21/06/22, Chris Angelico escreveu:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 11:13, Paulo da Silva
> <p_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns at nonetnoaddress.pt> wrote:
>>
>> Às 20:01 de 20/06/22, Paulo da Silva escreveu:
>>> Às 18:19 de 20/06/22, Stefan Ram escreveu:
>>>>     The same personality traits that make people react
>>>>     to troll postings might make them spread unconfirmed
>>>>     ideas about the meaning of "C" in "CPython".
>>>>
>>>>     The /core/ of CPython is written in C.
>>>>
>>>>     CPython is the /canonical/ implementation of Python.
>>>>
>>>>     The "C" in "CPython" stands for C.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not so "unconfirmed"!
>>> Look at this article, I recently read:
>>> https://www.analyticsinsight.net/cpython-to-step-over-javascript-in-developing-web-applications/
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a sentence in ther that begins with "CPython, short for Core
>>> Python, a reference implementation that other Python distributions are
>>> derived from, ...".
>>>
>>> Anyway, I wrote "IMHO".
>>>
>>> Do you have any credible reference to your assertion "The "C" in
>>> "CPython" stands for C."?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> Well ... I read the responses and they are not touching the point!
>> I just answered, with my opinion based on articles I have read in the
>> past. Certainly I could not be sure. That's why I responded as an
>> opinion (IMHO) and not as an assertion.
>> Stefan Ram responded with a, at least, not very polite post.
>> That's why I needed to somehow "defend" why I posted that response, and,
>> BTW, trying to learn why he said that the C in CPython means "written in C".
>>
>> I still find very strange, to not say weird, that a compiler or
>> interpreter has a name based in the language it was written. But, again,
>> is just my opinion and nothing more.
>>
> 
> Not sure why it's strange. The point is to distinguish "CPython" from
> "Jython" or "Brython" or "PyPy" or any of the other implementations.
Notice that they are, for example, Jython and not JPython.
There is also Cython that is a different thing.

And YES. You have the right to not feel that as strange.

Regards
Paulo