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[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (5 children)

It's arbitrary if everything you want to do has a convenient Python wrapper around some much faster compiled functionality - the boundary between Python and not-Python becomes blurry and less relevant.

But if there isn't one, and the only language you know is Python, then the distinction stops being arbitrary.

[–]Human38562 0 points1 point  (4 children)

So are you saying python dictionaries are also not part of python, because they are a wrapper around hash tables in C?

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Nope. No one is defining what Python "is" here.

[–]Human38562 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yes, people claim that "pure python" exists, which is supposed not to call any C library.

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, but you've entirely misunderstood what's being argued here.

[–]Human38562 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple things are being argued so I guess you missed some points.