MRAB wrote: > Roy Smith wrote: >> In article <vjwdnzbzqsvzowrunz2dnuvz_rdin...@posted.usinternet>, Grant >> Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: >> >>> My guess is that it was _supposed_ to be a CRC routine, but >>> somebody botched it. They used the same botched routine on the >>> host end when they did testing, so nobody noticed it was broken. >> >> Stuff like this happens all the time. That's why RFC 2026 requires, >> "a specification from which at least two independent and >> interoperable implementations from different code bases have been >> developed". >> >> To drag this back on topic, however, it's interesting to note that >> Python itself has been successful, while still being essentially a >> single implementation. >> > That's because it's open source, so many people can test and debug it.
IronPython, J(P)ython and PyPy? TinyPython? Jython must be over ten years old now. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
