Mono and Python

Brian Quinlan brian at sweetapp.com
Thu Jan 3 02:35:08 EST 2002


Mark's Python .NET prototype actually compiles Python code down to IL
for execution by the CLR (common language runtime). Perl .NET works in a
completely different fashion - bridge code is generated but the usual
Perl interpreter is still used at runtime. 

Don wrote:
> > The slow compilation process for Python.NET is not that important if
> > the compiled code is kept and there are some techniques...The
problem is > > the slow execution of the resulting compiled code which
can be easily
> > experienced by compiling and
> > running PyStone with Python.NET.
> 
> Any idea as to why ?
> Also, does anyone knows how this compares to Perl.NET?





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