[Pythonmac-SIG] Name that Python

[Just van Rossum]

Ronald Oussoren wrote:

> And to answer Jack's other question with a question: Will the 2.3 
> MachoPython be feature-compatible with MacPython? That is, will it 
> contain the IDE and all other goodies that users expect to be in 
> MacPython? If it does I'm all for renaming MachoPython to MacPython.

The IDE already works in MachoPython; all of Carbon is available. So I guess the
answer is "yes".

Frans H. Schippers wrote:

> MacPython:
>   for the full featured version with Carbon and in the future Cocoa support.
>   [ We to do some work for this one ]
> ClassicPython:
>   for the full featured version with Carbon support voor MacOs 8/9

I quite like the scheme, but there _is_ a problem: ClassicPython *does* run
natively under OSX, it doesn't need the Classic environment...

Just