July 31, 2001
5 a.m.
"Steven D. Majewski" <sdm7g@Virginia.EDU>:
But then, I've always thought that one of the problems with trying to optimize Python was that the VM was too high level.
No, the problem is that Python is just too darn dynamic! This is a feature of the language, not just the VM. Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+