Python compilers?

[Michael Hudson]

Svein Ove Aas <svein+usenet01 at brage.info> writes:

> Leif K-Brooks wrote:
> 
> > Svein Ove Aas wrote:
> >> Is anyone working on a python-to-native compiler?
> >> I'd be interested in taking a look.
> > 
> > What are you trying to achieve?
> > 
> > If it's faster code execution, the primary slowdown with a very
> > high-level language like Python is caused by high-level data structures
> > (introspection, everything being an object, etc.), not the code itself.
> > A native compiler would still have to use high-level data structures to
> > work with all Python code, so the speed increase wouldn't be very much.
> 
> I'd like to point out the usual suspects: Lisp compilers.
> *They* somehow manage to get within 2x of C++ speed, so why can't Python?

Type declarations.  Lots of effort by seriously smart cookies.

We're working on the latter :-)

Cheers,
mwh

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