qwe rty wrote:
i know that an interpreted language like python can't be used to make
an operating system or system drivers.
what else can NOT be done in python? what are the limitations of the
language?
Speed, basically. CPython is on the slow side. This is not
inherent in the language; it's an implementation problem.
The Shed Skin compiler is approaching C speeds,
but you have to accept some modest restrictions on run-time dynamism.
Also, CPython does not use multiple processors well. In fact,
multiple cores make CPython performance worse. (There's a long
analysis of this that's been discussed here recently.)
Personally, I consider Python to be a good language held back by
too-close ties to a naive interpreter implementation and the lack
of a formal standard for the language.
John Nagle
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