Another scripting language implemented into Python itself?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.1231.1106610969.22381.python-list at python.org>,
Quest Master  <zainalam at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I know C/C++ might be better suited for a task of this kind, but most
>of the modules in my application which need speed have already been
>coded in C++. I want to use Python as the "glue" for this project;
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I've lost track of what "this kind" means here; why do you
think C/C++ is a better language for writing a language
interpreter?  Is it because, for example, Python's interpre-
ter has traditionally been written in C?