Hallöchen! "Paul Boddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kay Schluehr wrote: > >> I would say yes, it is still "proper Python" in that each RPython >> program is also a CPython program. > > I suppose it depends on which direction you're coming from, in > that many Python programs just wouldn't be able to run in > RPython. But then I can understand the convenience of having a > subset of Python that is executable by CPython, but which can also > be inspected and processed for other purposes, and whose programs > maintain their semantics in both situations. I'm still afraid of the following scenario: Eventually, people might regard "RPython plus type declarations" (or something similar) as first-class Python because it's faster and runs on more implementations, so they try to stick to it. So effectively you would have changed Python. Maybe I misunderstood something because I could not follow all of Kay's text but I think one should not change Python or create a look-alike to allow for better implementations. The language should fit my brain rather than an implementation. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus ICQ 264-296-646 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
