On May 21, 10:30 pm, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > Erm, in fairness, I recall hearing that some speed-critical bits of hg > are written in C. It does lend credence to the "Python as glue > language" argument though; I doubt hg's extensibility and friendly > interface would have been as easy to implement it C (particularly the > slick instant-server feature).
Is C viewed as a "glue language" in those environments where it is the primary tool and sometimes some small bits are recoded into assembly language for speed? Regards, Pat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
