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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:48:06 +1000
Subject: Re: Article on the future of Python
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I see your smiley, but that is factually incorrect. Not all compilers or
> interpreters are written in C. Many languages are self-hosted, that is,
> they are written in themselves, using some clever bootstrapping
> techniques. C is neither the most powerful, the oldest, the best, or the
> most fundamental language around.

Many compiled languages are bootstrapped, yes, but interpreted
languages less often so. And the bulk of implementations of the bulk
of interpreted languages seem to be implemented in C. But that's
largely because the bulk of Unix software is written in either C or a
high level language.

ChrisA