[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Hobbs) writes: > The problem when using Python instead of C for OS development is that > C was *specifically designed* to create an OS, while Python was designed > for completely different purposes. If you want to write an OS, it would > be wise to use a language that is suited for that purpose. If you > dislike C so much and prefer Python so much more, your first step should > be to design a Python dialect that is more appropriate for writing OS's.
But I thought Python was an all-purpose language. After all, OS's have been written in Lisp before too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list