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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:19:21 -0700
Subject: 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/


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