On 2024-04-27 06:32, Bruno Haible wrote:
Are there alternative Python implementations, which could be installed under the name 'python3'?
On the platforms I currently have terminals open on (Fedora 40, Ubuntu 23.10) it's called 'python'. You can also use 'python3' but I would suggest trying 'python' first if you aren't already doing that. These platforms do not have Python 2, which is typical nowadays.
There are other Python implementations - for example, GraalVM supports Python 3.8 and the GraalVM folks say they do a lot of compatibility checking. If people want (and have the time) to check portability of the new Python code in Gnulib, that might be a good alternative to try. Among other things, they claim a big performance improvement over CPython - I don't know how well that would work for us though.
