[Python-checkins] devguide: Mention that no knowledge of C is necessary.

[antoine.pitrou]

antoine.pitrou pushed 3fd671eb24bf to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/3fd671eb24bf
changeset:   199:3fd671eb24bf
tag:         tip
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date:        Mon Jan 24 16:37:39 2011 +0100
summary:
  Mention that no knowledge of C is necessary.

files:
  setup.rst

diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@
 additional requirements so that the compiled interpreter supports the
 desired features.
 
+.. _clang: http://clang.llvm.org/
 
-.. _clang: http://clang.llvm.org/
+.. note:: While you need a C compiler to build CPython, you don't need any
+   knowledge of the C language to contribute!  Vast areas of CPython are
+   written completely in Python: as of this writing, CPython contains slightly
+   more Python code than C.
 
 
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