Re: [pydotorg-www] List of alternative Python implementations

2015-11-05 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 05.11.2015 00:14, Alexander Walters wrote: > To be absolutely clear, Nuitka and Cython are not implementations of the > language... because you > cannot run anything with them. Can you really call it a language runtime if > you cant run anything > with them? they are tooling. It is

[pydotorg-www] editing wiki.python.org

2015-11-05 Thread Jim Rath
Hi y'all. I'm a new user (ElephantJim) on wiki.python.org. I wanted to suggest some edits for https://wiki.python.org/moin/HandlingExceptions. Specifically, I thought it'd be a good idea to change the syntax of the "except" clauses from old python 2 style to the newer python 2/3 style. For

Re: [pydotorg-www] List of alternative Python implementations

2015-11-05 Thread Alexander Walters
They don't implementanything. Guido implemented it. but it is SUPREMELY unhelpful to list them as stand alone third party implementations of python, SINCE THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE ANOTHER PYTHON TO RUN! You CANNOT run a Nuitka module without libpython being installed. 'standalone mode'

Re: [pydotorg-www] List of alternative Python implementations

2015-11-05 Thread Alexander Walters
Stackless is an alternative C python. It actually ships all of python. Stackless is a fork. './path/to/stackless/pythonthon mymodule.py' runs the module. Cython ships none of python. Cython requires that you already have a python installed, and uses python as a library. './path/to/cython

Re: [pydotorg-www] editing wiki.python.org

2015-11-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Jim Rath wrote: > Hi y'all. I'm a new user (ElephantJim) on wiki.python.org. > > I wanted to suggest some edits for > https://wiki.python.org/moin/HandlingExceptions. Specifically, I thought > it'd be a good idea to change the syntax