CPython and GCC
<p>If I start python under MacOS X 10.8 in the console it starts with "Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 20 2012, 16:23:33) 
[<strong>GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang</strong> 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin".</p>

<p>In what way does the implementation of python depend on GCC? </p>
