Author: guido.van.rossum Date: Fri Aug 18 18:17:21 2006 New Revision: 51387 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt Log: Py3k will be implemented in C, by evolving Python 2.x. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt Fri Aug 18 18:17:21 2006 @@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ with -Qwarnall.) +Implementation Language +======================= + +Python 3000 will be implemented in C, and the implementation will be +derived as an evolution of the Python 2 code base. This reflects my +views (which I share with Joel Spolsky) on the dangers of complete +rewrites. Since Python 3000 as a language is a relatively mild +improvement on Python 2, we can gain a lot by not attempting to +reimplement the language from scratch. I am not against parallel +from-scratch implementation efforts, but my own efforts will be +directed at the language and implementation that I know best. + + Meta-Contributions ==================