On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:25:44 am Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > Furthermore I do not think that most of the "core" community has a > problem with the alternate implementations, as they provide very > useful functions (it helps on the architecture side, because it > limits somewhat what can be done, it helps on the personal side, > because it increases the value of Python skills, ...), ...
The Python development team values alternative implementations, as it gives Python the language a much wider user base. It also allows other people to shoulder some of the development burden. For example, people who want Python without the limitations of the C call stack can use Stackless Python, instead of ordinary CPython. Google is sponsoring a highly optimized version of Python with a JIT compiler: Unladen Swallow. It looks likely that Unladen Swallow will end up being merged with CPython too, which will be a great benefit. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
