[Python-3000] Python/C++ question (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Aug 15 03:53:27 CEST 2006

"Georg Brandl" <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote in message news:ebqi1f$80m$2 at sea.gmane.org...

Guido van Rossum wrote:

Implementation Language ==================

Python 3000 will be implemented in C, and the implementation will be derived as an evolution of the Python 2 code base. This reflects my views (which I share with Joel Spolsky) on the dangers of complete rewrites. Since Python 3000 as a language is a relatively mild improvement on Python 2, we can gain a lot by not attempting to reimplement the language from scratch. I am not against parallel from-scratch implementation efforts, but my own efforts will be directed at the language and implementation that I know best. I had already added something to PEP 3099, but if you like that approach better, I'll add that to PEP 3000.

Please add this. It clearly says what and why and will answer questions that are sure to come. I would leave a comment in 3099 also.

tjr

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