Compile Python (was Re: Copy constructors)

[Edward C. Jones]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> ...
> I guess I have a bit of a hidden agenda: Python is more dynamic than
> the language I *wanted* to design.  Some of the dynamicism was simply
> a implementation trick.  Some of the dynamicism is getting in the way
> of optimizing code, because the optimizer can never prove that certain
> variables won't be changed.  So I'm trying to look for ways that pin
> down things a bit more.  I'm making assumptions about how "typical"
> Python code uses the dynamic features, and I'm slowly trying to
> introduce restrictions in the language that make the optimizer's life
> easier without affecting "typical" code.
> ...

I hope you are evolving Python into a language that can be compiled into 
good, fast, native object code. Then maybe I can abandon C, C++, SWIG, 
and the Python API. Life would be much easier.

Ed Jones