[Numpy-discussion] RE: Python 2.2 seriously crippled for numerical computation?

[Jon Ribbens]

In article <mailman.1015290310.3794.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters wrote:
>> No, it happens on OpenBSD 2.7 also.
>>
>> Python 2.2 (#2, Feb  3 2002, 18:27:17)
>> [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on openbsd2
> 
> I don't understand your "no":  the output shows that Python was built using
> GCC 2.95.2, yet you're claiming this does *not* use glibc?  gcc and glibc go
> together like Guido and Van Rossum <wink>.

Um, no, there is no connection between gcc and glibc (apart from the
first letter). As far as I am aware, all the free BSDs use gcc, and
none of them use glibc.