Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'linux,': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '"object': 0.16; 'from:addr:pobox.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:skip': 0.16; 'subject:Java': 0.16; 'url:file': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.17; 'not,': 0.20; 'python?': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'wonder': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'heard': 0.39; 'called': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; "you've": 0.63; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'url:cpython': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=roZkElTx0pvuF7tQ+28umNPLCAj1/bBM2GoAVALCoFA=; b=aVJAip1eGukAMkJTpCv57qKjlOb26xCz8f3RRfjflFOlqmIhRrXD19T7WwoP4X2YoJ 3I2QHYpdJad8dLuRbOPdZ60JJb4kFxpIIUU6PdnVrN0VPrHb9ZJS1xzz4ut+qZ7lx8Nu avgHVDo2dHc1sTs4TqO5hGTwYY7r+bkS6iVtpRTdfQPIKNqJjO09kQOy4bLrc3b+xJlM NQOW7KiPOoITaNeORHr4Umq6uCPMPF7NcNxW/G/vF2p0BzX9YASbbKFPBClfy7icZ3fe 2qauTI/dgGrCa2zMMwNEjaiKQlu83Uaby5XgOosXV7iD+oRX7j2ujeFU84drY1KljQtH pyeQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.160.203 with SMTP id xm11mr25441502wib.17.1381949392159; Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:49:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: skip.montanaro@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:49:51 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZRZfCXJim7XTaN0w9wnYPWyrB6s Subject: Re: Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java) From: Skip Montanaro To: rusi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1381949393 news.xs4all.nl 15920 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41625 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56893 >> Who uses "object abstraction" in C? No one. That's why C++ was invented. > > I wonder if you've heard of something called linux? > http://lwn.net/Articles/444910/ If not, Linux, how about Python? http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/e2a411a429d6/Objects Skip