Michael Hudson wrote: > "Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> neal.norwitz wrote: >> >>> +Outstanding Issues >>> +================== >>> + >>> +* Require C99, so we can use // comments, named initializers, declare >>> variables >>> + without introducing a new scope, among other benefits. >> gcc only, in other words ? > > Heh, I was going to make this point as well: it's not clear that MSVC > will ever support C99. It supports some of the features listed here, > of course, but probably won't support everything.
Given the list of features Neal mentioned, I don't think these really warrant going for full C99. >>> +* Remove support for old systems, including: OS2, BeOS, RISCOS, (SGI) >>> Irix, Tru64 >> what's old with tru64 ? it's not that uncommon in places where Python >> has a strong presence, you can still buy AXP hardware throughout 2006, >> and HP says they'll keep developing and supporting the software platform >> at least through 2011. > > And we still have someone actively interested in maintaining the OS2 > port, it seems. Dito for BeOS, now under the name Zeta OS. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Mar 22 2006) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
