Wildemar Wildenburger schrieb: > Martin v. Löwis wrote: >>>> (2) it is a interpretation language >>> Not quite. It's compiled to byte-code - just like Java (would you call >>> Java an 'interpreted language' ?) >> >> Python is not implemented like Java. In Java (at least in HotSpot), >> the byte code is further compiled to machine code before execution; >> in Python, the byte code is interpreted. >> > OK, good. Naive question now comming to mind: Why doesn't Python do the > latter as well?
because of the dynamic nature of it. Java is statically typed, so the JIT can heavily optimize. OTH psyco IS a JIT-compiler to optimize certain calculations which are mostly of a numerical nature. But this can't be done to the extend it is possible in java. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
