[Python-Dev] Re: Extension modules, Threading, and the GIL

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Gordon McMillan wrote:
> I've heard the claim that ACE runs on more platforms
> than Java. 

See

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-overview.html

That claim may come from the support for RTOSs (such as pSOS), and they 
may also have counted older versions of systems which Java hasn't been 
ported to (such HPUX 9). However, the minority thread libraries that 
Python supports (AtheOS, OS/2), appear to be unsupported in ACE.

I agree with Tim's statement that there is no real problem in breaking 
support for these systems - if somebody cares about them, somebody will 
fix it, else we can rip it out. I was just responding to the claim that 
looking elsewhere may help.

Regards,
Martin