"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> id (required): >> lower case identifier, for example "cpython", "ironpython", "jython", >> "pypy" > > Doing some bike-shedding: I'd like to not use "cpython" as the name of > the python.org implementation. This term, I believe, was coined around > JPython, somehow making the implementation language the primary means > of distinction. However, there may be alternative implementations > written in C (e.g. unladen swallow), or otherwise be "C based" (e.g. > pypy). > > So I propose that the python.org version is identified as "python".
The CPython name is the traditional and commonly used name of the python.org C implementation. Even though the name is inspired by using C as implementation language, it doesn't refer to CPython being the only implementation of Python in C. I don't think there's a need to do any bike shedding on well established names. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Oct 12 2009) >>> 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 our new 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/ _______________________________________________ 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
