[Python-ideas] Rewriting the build system (part 2)

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:07:57 +1300
Robert Collins
<robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
> On 14 Mar 2015 09:44, "Chris Barker" <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> That written in Python, so Python would require Python to build which
> would require Python to build which would require...
> >
> >
> > Well, you can't buid a C compiler without a C compiler either (or SOME
> compiler). And given that you should be able to do cross-compilation for
> platforms that don't currently have a python build, I'm not sure that's a
> killer.
> >
> > It it so wrong that python eats its own dog food in this manner?
> 
> Wrong, no.  harder yes. C compilers have mature cross compiler build chains
> including stage aware test suites and the like.

Not to mention that any decent platform manufacturer or system vendor
will do the job of writing or porting a C compiler for the platform.
Few of them will port Python for us, though.

Regards

Antoine.