On 22 Aug, 16:36, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |"Bruno Desthuilliers" Terry Reedy a écrit : > |Hahem... "proprietary" is certainly not the right term here.
[...] > In any case, CPython is owned by PSF (which gives it away). Its bytecode > is an private implementation detail subject to change in any .x version as > the developers see fit. Yes, but it's not like the PSF are going to initiate legal action against anyone who implements an interpreter for similar bytecode, which is what has happened for things like CPU instruction sets in the past. CPython bytecode is best described as "implementation-specific", thus avoiding any words with exclusive ownership connotations. Paul
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