[Pythonmac-SIG] Status of MacPython?

[Richard Gordon]

At 18:03 -0700 08/24/1999, John W Baxter wrote:
>I'd hate to see lots of folks stopped at some version (1.5.2?) of Python by
>having the future be MacOS X only.  On the other hand, Jack and the others
>who do the work have only so much time.

FWIW, there was a similar thread on the MacPerl list a few months 
ago. I think that I am correct in summarizing the upshot of it as:

1. Plain Old Perl will run on MacOS X and MacPerl has no 
developmental future there.
2. MacPerl's development will continue, but in the context of OS8/9 
only (I don't even recall seeing anything about Carbon, but could be 
mistaken about that).
3. The assumption is that it will be years before OS X is the 
dominant Mac operating system mainly because of hardware limitations.

I don't know that any of the above has (or should have) any bearing 
on MacPython's future, but just thought you'd be interested.


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