> Well, it's an OS level difference and I thought that in general Python > *doesn't* try to protect you from OS differences.
I think that's the key point. In general, Python tries to present a "translucent" interface to the OS in which OS differences can show through, in contrast to other languages (Java?) which try to present a complete abstraction of the underlying environment. This makes Python in general more useful, thought it also makes it harder to write portable code in Python, because you have to be aware of the potential differences (and they aren't particularly well documented -- it's not clear that they can be). Bill _______________________________________________ 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
