On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, 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. actually, the story is that raymond's CML2 wasn't adopted simply because eric insisted on being his annoying, arrogant self, and it didn't get any better after the kernel folks took a pass on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S_Raymond rday
