Jaimy Azle a écrit : > <[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. >>> Fact 4 is misleading because it is only one option available to Sun's >>> JDK. Sun's JDK is also capable of transforming the byte-code to >>> native code and letting the processor execute that instead of the >>> original byte code, and that is where the most significant speed >>> increase comes from. Most importantly, it does so automatically, by >>> default, with no programmer intervention or configuration, and with >>> 100% compatibility, so it doesn't compare well to Python accelerators >>> like psyco. >> Then fact 1 is misleading too since Python handles the compilation >> automatically without programmer's intervention while Java requires >> someone to explicitely invoke the byte-code compiler. >> > > Sadly it is true also, I read somewhere this silly point was used also to > make distinction between java and python, then claiming python is just like > another interpreter, while java has it's own (what they call as) 'compiler'. > :) > > perhaps in the future another sillly point could be added also, Java has > Jython, while Python doesn't have some thing like PyJava or... perhaps Py-va > (Python based Java Language).
Lol. At least some common sens in this stupid thread. Thanks Jaimy, you made my day !-) > Salam, Peace. PS : and BTW : my apologies to the community - I should have made my point only once and then shut up. Sorry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
