[Types-sig] check.py
Paul Prescod
paul@prescod.net
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:49:27 -0500
Greg Stein wrote:
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> ...
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> 2) I disagree that it is "rightly done in C", but recognize the "IMO" you
> inserted there :-). I see no issue whatsoever in using Python as part
> of the Python runtime environment. In fact, I would hope that Python
> 1.6 allows you to write its parser and compiler entirely in Python. The
> only C code would be the builtin types and the VM.
I agree with you Greg. By Python 2 we may have sufficient performance
that the "standard" compiler can be written in Python.
Paul Prescod