[Python-Dev] C++ (original) (raw)

Meador Inge meadori at gmail.com
Sat Mar 13 04:17:05 CET 2010

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

Le Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:09 -0600, skip at pobox.com a écrit : > > 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.

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