On 11 jan, 17:23, Ed Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fact 1: CPython compiles source code to byte-code. > > fact 2: CPython executes this byte-code. > > fact 3: Sun's JDK compiles source code to byte-code. > > fact 4: Sun's JDK executes this byte-code. > > > Care to prove me wrong on any of these points ? Don't bother: you can't. > > So my first assertion that "CPython is compiled to byte-code, which is > > then executed by a VM" is true, and since the same assertion also stands > > for Java (ie: sun's JDK), then the "just like" qualifier is true too. > > Period. > > #2 and #4 are wrong (or, at best, misleading). Here, I'll fix them > for you: > > Fact 2: CPython interprets the bytecode. > > Fact 4: Sun's JVM does some interpretation of the bytecode, but also > compiles some of the bytecode to native code and executes the > resulting native code. > > These distinctions can be important and it's intellectually dishonest > to gloss over them.
These distinctions are important if the context is the VM implementation, which is *obviously* not the case here. FWIW, I you had spent a bit more time reading the remaining of the discussion with the OP, I do clearly mention this distinction. So please get a life and keep your comment about "intellectual dishonesty" where they belong. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
