[portland] Relationship of cpython to python

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Ethan Furman wrote:

> Standard Python is cpython; cpython is the official reference implementation, 
> and probably the most widely used.

Ethan,

   A-ha! That's what I always thought.

> There are other variants, such as Jython, PyPy, and Stackless.

   I've heard of jython and wondered why it exists, but PyPy and Stackless
are new to me.

   So, no worries about building pandas.

Thanks very much,

Rich

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