[Python-Dev] C++ for CPython 3? (Re: str.count is slow) (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Mar 2 17:03:39 CET 2006

martin at v.loewis.de wrote:

I'm not saying Python 3 should be written in C++, I'm only saying that doing so would have not just disadvantages.

someone also pointed out in private mail (I think; it doesn't seem to have made it to this list) that CPython's extensive use of "inheritance by aggregation" is invalid C.

switching to C++ would be one way to address that, of course.

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