antoine.pitrou pushed 3fd671eb24bf to devguide: http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/3fd671eb24bf changeset: 199:3fd671eb24bf tag: tip user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> date: Mon Jan 24 16:37:39 2011 +0100 summary: Mention that no knowledge of C is necessary. files: setup.rst diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst --- a/setup.rst +++ b/setup.rst @@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ additional requirements so that the compiled interpreter supports the desired features. +.. _clang: http://clang.llvm.org/ -.. _clang: http://clang.llvm.org/ +.. note:: While you need a C compiler to build CPython, you don't need any + knowledge of the C language to contribute! Vast areas of CPython are + written completely in Python: as of this writing, CPython contains slightly + more Python code than C. UNIX -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide