OP: "I am wondering if python can do some kernel coding that used to be the private garden of C/C++."
"kernel coding" is pretty clear I'd say - coding a or in the kernel. Not coding that runs on an OS that happens to have a kernel.
The answer is yes. IPC and py-pf are examples. If you don't think of packet filtering as kernel coding, I can understand. But clearly the Python interfaces to fork(), waitpid(), signal(), alarm() and so forth are forays into the once private garden of C.
Also not "kernel coding" in my book. system-near coding - yes. But not coding a kernel...
Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
