On 2017-05-18, Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 May 2017 01:37 am, bartc wrote:
>
>> No, not like that. I mean genuinely simple. Your example:
>>
>> (1) Doesn't work on Windows
>> (2) Usually seems to involve executing 20,000 to to 30,000 lines of
>> complete gobbledygook in that configuration script.
>>
>> That can't possibly be justified.
>
> Dammit, Bart just worked it out!
>
> You're right Bart, the whole thing is a scam. The Python compiler is
> actually a ten line C program[1], the rest of the files and build-scripts
> and all the other stuff you see in the source directory are just there to
> give the impression that it is harder than it really is. They actually have
> no purpose, and the core devs have spent tens of thousands of person-hours
> writing and maintaining those files as part of an elaborate Get Rich Slow
> scam:
>
> (1) Write Python.
> (2) Bulk it up to make it look more impressive.
> (4) Profit!
Three, sir!
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