[Tutor] python libraries online

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:37:17PM +0000, Ian D wrote:

> And I wondered what 'cpython' was when I came across it. I thought 
> they might have called it python

Python is the name of the programming languages. There are many 
different implementations of that programming language:

- Jython is Python written in Java

- IronPython is Python written for Dot-Net

- PyPy is a high-performance optimizing Just-In-Time compiler for Python

- Stackless is a version of Python that doesn't use the C calling stack

- Nuitka is a static compiler for Python written in C++

- and of course, there is the plain old ordinary "python" you are used 
  to, the reference implementation, also called "CPython" because the 
  compiler is written in C.



-- 
Steven