multiple embedded python interpreters?

[allen at webg2.com]

>From the C API it appears that only a single implicit python interpreter
may be embedded in an application. Is this really the case? I was hoping
for something along the lines of Tcl_CreateInterp which would return me
a pointer to an initialized interpreter. As I am unfamiliar with the de-
sign goals of python in the embedded interpreter space, I am really cur-
ious if this is the case, and what is the rationale.

hoping I don't have to use Tcl after all... :-(

many thanks in advance,

-allen
allen at webG2.com