On Dec 9, 1:14 pm, "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at > least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think > this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong > because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python > files are really a think wrapper. Anyhow, if would be ideal if Python > has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.
-1 This would seriously muck-up the evolution of the language. Having a few building blocks written in C provides a basis for writing very fast pure python (for example, sets, heapq, itertools). Beyond those building blocks, it is a step backwards to write in C. Also, if you really need performance, the traditional solutions are to use tools like Psyco or Pyrex. Raymond -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
