In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >Maybe companies such as Intel, IBM, and Sun would devote resources to >optimizing Python on their hardware if the language had an ISO >standard, as do C, C++, and Fortran, and were less of a moving target. >OTOH, that could slow the development of the language. > >I have wondered why the "dynamic" languages such as Perl and Python >tend not to have ISO standards. >
There's a LOT to say on the subjects you raise. It might be a while before anyone with a background in the appropriate areas tackles them. Perhaps we'll return to this ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list