Martin v. Löwis: > > Visual Basic never forced > > use of a particular compiler or runtime library for extensions so why > > should Python? > > Do you really not know? Because of API that happens to be defined > the way it is.
It was rhetorical: Why should Python be inferior to VB? I suppose the answer (hmm, am I allowed to anser my own rhtorical questions?) is that it was originally developed on other operating systems and the Windows port has never been as much of a focus for most contributors. Neil _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com