Message7692

Lastly, in relation to array processing, the cpython array module documentation

http://docs.python.org/2/library/array.html

says this

"The actual representation of values is determined by the machine architecture (strictly speaking, by the C implementation)"

The machine architecture in this case is the JVM, not the architecture of the x86, Sparc or other CPU it is running on.

And the statement "strictly speaking, by the C implementation" can only be taken as a cpython specific statement, since python interpreters do not necessarily have to be written in C. Python interpreters can and have been written in Java, C#, Javascript, Haskell, Lisp, Ruby, and of course, Python.

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonImplementations