[Python-Dev] Re: native code compiler? (or, OCaml vs. Python)

[Guido van Rossum]

> The stakes are low because I have to pony up the cash if I lose--my 
> budget's limited, and regardless of how confident I am of winning, if 
> I put up a lot, my wife will kill me dead for making the challenge 
> and, well I think I'd rather avoid that. :)

Especially as you'd automatically lose if your wife were to kill you. :)

> Shall we, then, arrange the details at OSCON 2003, if you'll be 
> there? I expect we can twist the conference organizer's arm into 
> letting us make a tiny announcement near the end...

Sure.  We should do this as a lightning talk in the Python lightning
track.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)