On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:58:38 -0500, harrismh777 wrote: > Benjamin Kaplan wrote: >> CPython is implemented in C because that's the language chosen. Python >> is also implemented in Java, C#, Python, and several other languages. > > True enough. If I used Jython, I would want to take a look at those > sources... as well as the Java sources... which were wrtten in, um, C.
No, Java sources are written in Java. That's why they're *Java* sources. Perhaps you mean that the Java compiler is written in C? Highly unlikely: Java compilers have been self-hosting for many years now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
