> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Edwards > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:35 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Why not a Python compiler? > > On 2008-02-06, Reedick, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Pypy is a very ambitious project and it aims, amongst many > >> other goals, to provide a fast just-in-time python > >> implementation. They even say that the "secret goal is being > >> faster than c, which is nonsense, isn´t it?" (I still didn´t > >> get the joke though...). > > > > 'c' is also the speed of light. > > 'c' is the speed of light _in_a_vacuum_.
True. > > And since nothing can travel faster than light... > > Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light > _in_a_vacuum_. There are situtaitons where things can (and > regularly do) travel faster than light: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation Nope. It propagates, not travels, faster than light. Go ask a physicist to explain it. It's odd... > > > One demerit has been marked against your geek card for missing > > an obvious science pun. Additionally, your membership to the > > Star Trek Lifestyle Adventure Club has been put on > > probationary status for the next twelve parsecs. > > Ouch. Two demerits for using the distance unit "parsec" in a > context where a quantity of time was required. Ten demerits for not catching the Star Wars Kessel Run reference. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
