On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:06:27AM -0400, Ed Hill wrote: > There was a few years ago a very high-profile project headed by Eric > Raymond to implement the Linux kernel configure-and-build system in > Python. It failed to happen for the Linux kernel (and was picked up by > other projects) for probably multiple reasons. But one of the most > cited downsides was the not-as-portable nature of Python relative to C, > make, bash/sh, etc. I think it was Larry Wall who pointed out that C was ubiquitous rather than portable :-) -- Counsellor Troi states something other than the blindingly obvious. -- Things That Never Happen in "Star Trek" #16