"CPython"

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Jun 21 03:53:51 EDT 2022


On 21/06/22 2:56 pm, Paulo da Silva wrote:
> Let's say they reimplement "reference python" CPython in Rust. What is 
> better? Change the "reference python" CPython name to RPython, for 
> example, or let it as CPython?

The C implementation would still be called CPython, and the new
implementation might be called RPython, or RustyPython, or whatever.
The names are independent of which one is currently blessed as the
reference implementation.

Although if it were called RPython, no doubt a new debate would
flare up over whether the "R" stands for "Rust" or "Reference"...

-- 
Greg


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