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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> wrote:

Le Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:09 -0600,

skip@pobox.com a �crit :

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> Traditionally Python has run on some (minority) platforms where C++

> was unavailable.

Is this concern still valid? We are in the 2010s now.

I'm not saying I want us to put some C++ in the core interpreter, but

the portability argument sounds a little old...

One area where this _may_ be a problem is with embedded systems. �I believe there are some instances where folks have built Python into an embedded system (with an RTOS say VxWorks, Symbian, QNX Neutrino, Nucleus, etc...) where C++ is not always the easiest to develop in. �Admittedly, though, these types of systems are by far a minority with respect to Python. �Just thought I would mention it anyhow.

-- Meador�