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Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C?

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> I'm using Python for a while now and I love it. There is just one thing I
> cannot understand. There are compilers for languages like C and C++. why is
> it impossible to create a compiler that can compile Python code to
> machinecode?

Not exactly what you describe, but have you checked out PyPy?

http://pypy.org/


-Modulok-

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Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? kramer65 <kramerh@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 12:25 -0800
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 15:50 -0500
    Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-01 02:55 +0000
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2013-02-28 22:03 +0100
    Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-01 03:47 +0000
      Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 20:31 -0800
      Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2013-03-01 08:48 +0100
        Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-02 01:49 +0000
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 08:10 +1100
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2013-02-28 22:17 +0100
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-02-28 16:18 -0500
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 14:19 -0700
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Jonas Geiregat <jonas@geiregat.org> - 2013-02-28 22:33 +0100
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-02-28 22:01 +0000
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-28 17:06 -0500
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-02-28 21:09 -0500
  Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-01 04:27 +0000
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      Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-04 15:12 -0800
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