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Stefan Behnel, 04.08.2012 15:53:
> Thomas Rachel, 04.08.2012 14:51:
>> Am 04.08.2012 11:10 schrieb Stefan Behnel:
>>> As long as you don't use any features of the Cython language, it's plain
>>> Python. That makes it a Python compiler in my eyes.
>>
>> Tell that the C++ guys. C++ is mainly a superset of C. But nevertheless, C
>> and C++ are distinct languages and so are Python and Cython.
> 
> So, if a C++ compiler takes a .c file and compiles it with C language
> semantics, it doesn't qualify as a C compiler? That implies a rather weird
> definition of a C compiler, I'd say.

Ah, sorry. Got it. You were again talking about Cython the language. Sure,
Cython the language is different from Python the language. Cython the
compiler can compile both.

Stefan