> Hi All, > I was thinking about the feasbility of adjusting Python as a > compiled language. Being said that I feel these are the following advantages > of doing so -- > 1) Using the powerful easy-to -use feature of Python programming language > constructs. > 2) Making the program to run at par with the compiled version of C/C++ > program- this is the main benefit which can be derived out of this. > 3) Highly re-use existing Python code for High performance application. > 4) Acheive true parallelism and performance by getting rid of the > middle-man Interpreter and GIL. > > I know this must be appearing like a foolish idea. But I would like to know > the opinion of people who might have thought about it.
Have a look at pypy: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/news.html Especially the statement: "Rumors have it that the secret goal is being faster-than-C which is nonsense, isn't it?" Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
