Reedick, Andrew wrote: >> -----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. > > OK, now you can all take ten house points for getting into a jargon pissing contest.
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