[Pythonmac-SIG] Python on OSX dp4 screenshot

[Sean Hummel <seanh@unforgettable.com>]

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On Sat, 20 May 2000, Jack Jansen wrote:

> 
> Recently, Doug Wyatt <doug@sonosphere.com> said:
> > I think it would be good to explore creating at least two versions of 
> > Python for X:
> > 
> > - command-line, treating X as a BSD-like OS.  This should be a 
> > moderately straightforward port, except to the extent to which there 
> > could be OS bugs.  I'd love to use this in my work on X; I've never 
> > had the patience to learn shell scripting since I was first spoiled 
> > by Python.  I may attempt this...
> 
> This is basically already there: take the standard Python distribution 
> (the unix one) and compile it. There were one or two minor gotchas,
> the main one I remember being that if you run on an HFS+ disk (as
> opposed to a UFS disk) there's a name clash between the eventual
> executable "python" and the "Python" directory. That's easily fixed in 
> the Makefile by setting the EXE=".exe" variable.
> 
> > - Carbonized, with access to the Mac toolbox.  I don't know offhand 
> > what obstacles there might be, but the Carbon Dater tool could 
> > probably help us find them ...
> 
> I'm busily hacking on this, and the easy bits have been done. I
> haven't checked it into the repository yet because from those sources
> I can't currently build a non-carbon Python. (I can't build a
> carbon-Python either, but that's a minor detail:-). I hope to have
> things working again in about 2 weeks time, then I'll check it in and
> you're all invited to help hacking on this.
> 
> There are a few problems with helping with this, however. The main one 
> is that you need Codewarrior Pro 6, which isn't released yet. Is
> anyone besides me on the MPTP program (Metrowerks's beta-tester list)?
> 
> The other one is that backwards-compatibility is probably easiest with 
> Universal Headers 3.3.1 or later. At least, that's what it looks like
> right now. If CW Pro 6 comes out soon that isn't a problem, otherwise
> I'd make life miserable for the rest of you by checking changes
> in. I'm still undecided.
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