[Python-Dev] python compiler (original) (raw)

Maciej Fijalkowski fijall at gmail.com
Tue Apr 6 06:01:29 CEST 2010

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

willian at ufpa.br wrote:

for a college project, I proposed to create a compiler for python. I've read something about it and maybe I saw that made a bad choice. I hear everyone's opinion respond. I don't want to discourage you if you really want to try, but you need to be aware that you'd be taking on a very challenging project -- at least if you intend the compiled code to be substantially faster than interpretation. You should also check out what others have been doing in this area: PyPy, Cython, Unladen Swallow.

Except none of the things mentioned above is actually a "Python compiler". There are however good reasons why not and maybe that's worth checking.

Cheers, fijal

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