On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:37:17PM +0000, Ian D wrote: > And I wondered what 'cpython' was when I came across it. I thought > they might have called it python
Python is the name of the programming languages. There are many different implementations of that programming language: - Jython is Python written in Java - IronPython is Python written for Dot-Net - PyPy is a high-performance optimizing Just-In-Time compiler for Python - Stackless is a version of Python that doesn't use the C calling stack - Nuitka is a static compiler for Python written in C++ - and of course, there is the plain old ordinary "python" you are used to, the reference implementation, also called "CPython" because the compiler is written in C. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
