Python to C/C++

[Dan Stromberg]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:24:16 -0700, Patrick Mullen wrote:

> (sorry michael, didn't mean to personal post
> 
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Michael Wieher wrote:
>  > I think py2exe does this, but it might be a bit bloated
> 
>  No, py2exe basically bundles the main script and the interpreter
>  together so it's easy to run and requires no python installation.
> 
>  Look into pyrex and pypy.  A mature translator doesn't exist.  Also
>  there is ctypes which goes in reverse letting you use more c from
>  python easily.

I believe pyrex allows you to write very python-like code but build a 
binary extension module from it that runs at nearly C speed.  ISTR it 
does generate .c files.

There's also shedskin, which I believe is a static python -> C++ 
translator that was written as part of google's summer of code.