Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> writes: > In article <4c55fe82$0$9111$426a3...@news.free.fr>, > candide <cand...@free.invalid> wrote: > >> Python is an object oriented langage (OOL). The Python main >> implementation is written in pure and "old" C90. Is it for historical >> reasons? >> >> C is not an OOL and C++ strongly is. I wonder if it wouldn't be more >> suitable to implement an OOL with another one. > > One thing that comes to mind is that it's much easier to distribute C > libraries than C++ libraries.
In the beginning of C++ there were programs that just converted C++ to C (frontends). At least that is how the C++ compiler Acorn sold worked. So I don't think your argument was much true back then. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
