Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'interpreter': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'compiler': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'oh,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'subject:create': 0.09; 'language': 0.14; 'library': 0.15; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'thu,': 0.17; 'saying': 0.18; 'feb': 0.19; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; '+0100,': 0.29; 'subject:like': 0.29; 'included': 0.29; 'file': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'url:home': 0.33; 'handle': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'operations': 0.33; 'subject:?': 0.35; "won't": 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'possible': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'link': 0.60; 'kind': 0.61; '2013': 0.84; 'jonas': 0.84; 'dennis': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C? Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:09:12 -0500 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <20130228213336.GC39448@iMac-van-Jonas.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-253-101-185.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1362103788 news.xs4all.nl 6874 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33295 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:40212 On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:33:36 +0100, Jonas Geiregat declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > But this could only be possible if there was some kind of global > file based annotation saying you will not use some of the dynamic parts > of python. Else it won't be possible to create a compiler for such a > highly dynmaic language as python. > Oh, you could create a compiler -- but it would have to link to a library that included a Python interpreter to handle the dynamic operations -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/