[IronPython] IronPython.Runtime.Exceptions.ImportException: No module named System

[Curt Hagenlocher]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>
> What is the reason for not adding System? It creates an incompatibility
> between scripts run with 'ipy.exe' and scripts executed in an embedded
> environment. It has also been a cause of several questions on this list...

I sympathize, having both asked the question (back in February) and
answered it at least twice.  But the DLR is a shared module being used
by potentially many languages, and it would be bad design to make this
decision for all of them -- if for no other reason than the added
startup time.

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Curt Hagenlocher
curt at hagenlocher.org