[e-lang] CapPython and Python 3.0, and eyebrow-raising applications

[Brett Cannon]

2008/9/19 Jimmy Wylie Jr. <jwylie at uno.edu>:
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> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:07 PM, zooko <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:
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>>  > What is the application of CapPython which
>>  > would raise the most eyebrows and cause the most Python hackers to
>>   > say "Hey, that *is* cool!"?
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> If I remember correctly, Python had a "Restricted Execution Environment".  I
> think the its lying around in the library reference somewhere.  But they had
> to scrap the whole library, because it had some serious security flaws. (At
> least I think that was the reason.)

You're thinking of rexec and Bastion. And yes, they were removed
because we consistently found security flaws in them.

-Brett