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!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.85.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'converts': 0.07; 'api': 0.09; 'python': 0.09; 'c/c++': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'library': 0.15; 'modules,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'written': 0.20; 'developers.': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'language.': 0.27; 'subject:/': 0.28; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'project': 0.34; 'doing': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'michael': 0.36; 'modules': 0.36; 'enough': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'you.': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'fun': 0.64; 'great': 0.64; 'sounds': 0.71; 'subject:source': 0.84; 'subject:looking': 0.91 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 23:16:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=122.167.75.59; posting-account=uPFZNQoAAAAm9w7z13q1SjWNKNjztdcD References: <16816fd5-c6b4-49df-baf0-e0bfb0d999df@googlegroups.com> <1409e6f3-b265-4329-9618-c06f8098fef3@t1g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> <9cf4820c-25a2-45a7-af47-cb3e06d30707@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 122.167.75.59 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: py2c - an open source Python to C/C++ is looking for developers From: Ramchandra Apte To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org 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: , Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1346566579 news.xs4all.nl 6883 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38993 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:28241 On Sunday, 2 September 2012 11:18:38 UTC+5:30, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 09/01/2012 09:15 PM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > > > It converts to *pure* C/C++ *without* using Python or its API so that it can be the same speed as C/C++ > > > > Sounds like a fun project for you. I hope you learn a lot doing it. > > That's reason enough for it. Do you plan to port all the standard > > python modules as well, though? Because Python modules, both in the > > standard library and third-party, are the main reasons that I use > > python. For example, PyGTK. Python is a great glue language. Since it > > can seamlessly interact with C and be extended in C, speed has never > > really been an issue for me. I am writing py2c for my OS written in Python (planned) . >Sounds like a fun project for you. More fun with more developers. (I need developers)