Can Python be written in Python?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Thu Dec 12 20:47:05 EST 2002


"Aaron K. Johnson" wrote:

> Here's a question for a computer scientist:
> 
> Can python be written in python? (a la scheme or lisp)

Of course.  Any Turing complete language can emulate any other Turing
complete language, and Python is certainly a Turing complete language.

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