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On 04/08/2012 08:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:40:16 +0200, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>
>> And not to forget Cython, which is the only static Python compiler that
>> is widely used. Compiles and optimises Python to C code that uses the
>> CPython runtime and allows for easy manual optimisations to get C-like
>> performance out of it.
>>
>> http://cython.org/
>
> Cython is great, but I question that it is a *Python* implementation.
> That's not a criticism of Cython, but it is different from Python. Take
> this example code from the tutorial:
>
> from libc.math cimport sin
>
> cdef double f(double x):
>      return sin(x*x)
>
> If that's Python code, then I'm Ethel the Aardvark.
>
> Cython is very Python-like, but there is no doubt in my mind that it is a
> superset of Python and therefore a different language.
>
>

I agree so it's off topic and can't be discussed here.  Isn't that 
right, Stefan?

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.