On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:40:16AM +0200, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Steven D'Aprano, 04.08.2012 08:15: > > Most people are aware, if only vaguely, of the big Four Python > > implementations: > > > > And not to forget Cython, which is the only static Python compiler that is > widely used. Compiles and optimises Python to C code that uses the CPython > runtime and allows for easy manual optimisations to get C-like performance > out of it.
Cython is certainly *not* a Python *implementation*, since it always uses the CPython runtime (and compiling Cython C files requires Python.h). None of the other implementations require Python for actually compiling or running Python source. Oh, yes, you can create a stand-alone... wait, a "stand-alone" app. By embedding the Python runtime (dynamic linking with libpythonX.Y... maybe static too? Didn't test, because it's irrelevant for making the point). Grits, J -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
