On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:32:34 -0400 Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The reason why there was no mention is probably because no one > intimately familiar with Cython was there, and if they were - it was > not brought up. If Cython supports PyPy - and Jython, and IronPython, > your proposal makes sense. The reason for "pure" python implementation > is so that other implementations can share the exact same standard > library we have today.
Well, realistically, they don't. Some functionality just isn't satisfied with a slow Python implementation. The io module is a primary example of that. (but I don't think a Cython version of io would be fast enough, either) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
