On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:32:23 -0800, sturlamolden wrote: > On 13 Des, 02:19, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >> I have repeatedly argued in the past that we do ourselves a disservice >> by describing Python as an interpreted language. Python is compiled. It >> has a compiler. It even has a built-in function "compile". > > Python is compiled to bytecode. Python's bytecode is interpreted.
If you want to be pedantic, machine-code is interpreted by the CPU. > Does > that make Python interpreted or compiled? I could not care less. Sadly, many people who shouldn't, do. Instead of asking "Is Python fast *enough* for my task?" they ask "Is Python fast?", and then compound it by assuming that since it's "interpreted" it obviously must be slow. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
