Python 2.0

[Fred Pacquier]

In article <199905280534.HAA13311 at axil.hvision.nl>, ivnowa at hvision.nl wrote:
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>If it will be implemented in C or C++, I can't see how Python 2.0 
>will *not* compile for DOS, but in Java, it's a different bowl of 
>soup. Anyway, my point is not really that there should be a DOS 
>version, but... Right now Python can be built on just about any 
>system. That's because there's a C compiler for just about any 
>system. Choosing Java as implementation language would change that. 
>(And, for a working graphical implementation, one would need, say, 
>Java, Python and Tkinter...)
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>This argument may seem feeble but many users of less popular systems 
>are very glad that there's a Python available for them. I think it 
>would be desirable to keep it that way.
>
Good point. As an example, a port of Python for the Psion Series 5 (under the 
EPOC OS) came out shortly after the machine's release, thanks to a British 
hacker. OTOH, Psion users have been bemoaning the lack of the long-promised 
Java VM for that platform. It looks like it's only going to be fulfilled this 
summer, with the next-generation 5mx, over two years after the original...
J-Python, C-Python, choice is better :-)