That was my take as well. Why would someone want to use this when there already exist minimalist python web-servers such as flask & bottle that do not require magic?
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I've found it easier to just use the Square app on my phone, though I've yet to see someone in front of me in line use it.
I would guess that at some point one of the developers/sysadmins brought up the fact that their name conflicted with an open source programming language, and management choose to ignore them.
"As of now (Feb 2011) generators are usually slower than corresponding code not using generators. Same goes for generator expressions. For most cases using list comprehension is faster."