Why not a Python compiler?

Ripter001 at gmail.com Ripter001 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 16:22:13 EST 2008


On Feb 5, 11:44 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Ripter... at gmail.com wrote:
> >>  Why not a Python COMPILER?
>
> > What about a Python JIT hardware chip, so the CPU doesn't have to
> > translate. Although it seems to me that with today's dual and quad
> > core processors that this might be a mute point because you could just
> > use one of the cores.
>
> What about a chip that reads your mind and does what you want it to?
>
> I am sure that would be popular with all the frustrated computer users
> there are in the world.
>
> regards
>   Steve
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I'm not sure where that came from. Microsoft had talked about a
hardware JIT for .NET a few years back. I was just wondering if anyone
had thought of it for python or anything like that.



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