Alex Stapleton wrote > Except it is interpreted.
except that it isn't. Python source code is compiled to byte code, which is then executed by a virtual machine. if the byte code for a module is up to date, the Python runtime doesn't even look at the source code. > What is your point? that some people have trouble distinguishing interpreters from compilers, and find mixed paradigms confusing? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list