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Subject: Re: Why Python is slow
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 26/01/17 15:44, Malcolm McLean wrote:
[...]
>> The Python source code has generally been stolen from reference
>> implementations which have been floating around in cyberspace for
>> ages.
>
> By "stolen", can I assume you are accusing the Python implementation
> developers of making illegal unlicensed copies of other people's code,
> breaking their licences, copyrights, or in some other way offending the
> original authors' rights?  Obviously you can't really mean "stolen",
> because that does not make sense for something like source code.
[...]

David, sometimes the word "stolen" is used facetiously to refer to
reusing existing code, even if such reuse is perfectly legitimate.
I've used the word that way myself on occasion.  It's possible,
but by no means certain, that Malcolm meant it that way.

Malcolm, please clarify either that you are, or that you are not,
accusing the Python developers of doing something illegal and/or
illegitimate.

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