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

[Graham Guttocks]

Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: 
>
> More than 625 hits per second average?  If you really have this need, and
> see Python developments that could help you, I would guess that Python
> developers might be interested in them.

Yes, I really do have this need. Not specifically for a httpd daemon,
but I think it would be nice to see Python as a comparable alternative
to C++ let's say for performance oriented applications.

> I would be tempted to consider many architectural avenues, before bluntly
> deciding that the choice of Python as an implementation language is _the_
> problem.

Well, architectural approaches take much more work and much better
programmers. I'd be nice to have some more firepower as
to not have to lean so heavily in this direction every time.

I'm sure the world's top tennis players could beat me quite handily
with a frying plan, but they'd have to work so much harder than if
they just had a real racquet.

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Regards,
Graham

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