[pypy-dev] Why `pypy-c.exe`?

Ram Rachum ram at rachum.com
Thu Oct 6 15:19:27 CEST 2011


On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>wrote:

> 2011/10/6 Ram Rachum <ram at rachum.com>:
> > Why is PyPy's executable called `pypy-c.exe` on Windows? I just renamed
> mine
> > to `pypy.exe`, is that okay?
>
> Because it's generated by the "C" backend.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Benjamin
>

And is that a good enough reason to call it "pypy-c.exe" and risk confusing
users?

Also, I hope someone could answer my second question.


Ram.
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