Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'compiler': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'compiler.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'compiler,': 0.16; 'example?': 0.16; 'from:addr:behnel.de': 0.16; 'from:addr:stefan_ml': 0.16; 'from:name:stefan behnel': 0.16; 'message-id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'stefan': 0.17; 'code,': 0.18; '31,': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'project,': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'looks': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'subject:/': 0.28; 'leverage': 0.29; 'url:code': 0.29; 'source': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'handle': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'there': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'plans': 0.37; 'being': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'bring': 0.62; 'between': 0.63; 'url:p': 0.63; 'jul': 0.65; 'goal': 0.74; 'subject:source': 0.84; 'url:overview': 0.84; 'subject:looking': 0.91; 'widespread': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Stefan Behnel Subject: Re: py2c - an open source Python to C/C++ is looking for developers Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:23:54 +0200 References: <16816fd5-c6b4-49df-baf0-e0bfb0d999df@googlegroups.com> <1409e6f3-b265-4329-9618-c06f8098fef3@t1g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fw-snc-frn5-de01.fw.telefonica.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: <1409e6f3-b265-4329-9618-c06f8098fef3@t1g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1343712249 news.xs4all.nl 6899 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37278 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26292 alex23, 31.07.2012 02:16: > On Jul 31, 2:42 am, MaxTheMouse wrote: >> What is the difference between this and Shedskin? Shedskin being a >> (restricted) python-to-C++ compiler. (http://code.google.com/p/ >> shedskin/) Is the goal to be able to handle any python code or a >> subset? > > There's also Nuitka, which is an unrestricted compiler, I believe: > http://nuitka.net/pages/overview.html Not to forget Cython, which is the only Python-to-C compiler that is in widespread use. > Is this a completely independent project, or are there plans to > leverage off of PyPy's toolchain, for example? >From a look at the source code, it seems hard to bring it together with anything. It looks very monolithic. Stefan