On 12.03.2013 02:52, Aahz wrote: > Any objections? Not sure about that change... after all we call the Python run-time the "interpreter" and having the ability to interpret Python commands at run-time is a major feature in Python - unlike e.g. C which doesn't support this out of the box.
Something that we should add to that description is the word "open-source", e.g. "...and is free, open-source and comprehensively ported." > ----- Forwarded message from James Tatum <jta...@gmail.com> ----- > >> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:24:18 -0700 >> From: James Tatum <jta...@gmail.com> >> To: webmas...@python.org >> Subject: Meta description - interpreted? >> >> Hi, >> >> The meta description on the home page reads as follows: >> >> Home page for Python, an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, >> extensible >> programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and >> versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported. >> >> I think the word interpreted should perhaps be removed. How a Python >> implementation executes code is really not a function of the language >> itself, and as far as I know none of the implementations (including >> CPython) are not strictly interpreted anyway - most use some sort of >> bytecode and a VM. > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Mar 12 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www