"Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered | the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination | of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files | included in the Windows version of Python distribution.
About half or fewer are modules meant to be imported into programs. The rest comprise utility programs and test programs. The core interpreter is all C. | because the core modules that matter are already in C Correct. There are about 20 'builtin' modules written is C either because they need low level access to the machine or for speed concerns. Third party modules not included in the standard distribution but definitely part of the Python universe are also a mix. If people wrote everything in C for speed, there would be no need for Python!! And don't say that you want everyone else to write in C while you enjoy the pleasures of Python ;-). tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
