On Jan 24, 2008 9:14 AM, Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Roberts wrote: > > Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> So, how do processors execute Python scripts? :) > > > > Is that a rhetorical question? > > A little bit. > > > Grant is quite correct; Python scripts (in the canonical CPython) > > are NOT compiled into assembly language. Scripts are compiled to > > an intermediate language. Processors execute Python scripts when > > the interpreter, written in a high-level language and compiled to > > assembly, interprets the intermediate language created by the > > Python "compiler". > > So in the end, the program defined in the Python script _is_ > compiled to the CPU's language. But never mind, it depends on how > you define "compile" in the end. >
This is true if and only if you would agree that Powerpoint presentations, Word documents, and PNG images are likewise compiled to machine code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
