On Feb 26, 9:45 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Why not b = copyonwrite( a )? > > Subclass the interpreter-- make your own session. > > Your idea may work, but I am talking about a new language (with some > small differences, not a revolution). Making such language efficient > enough may require to add some complex tricks, copy-on-write is just > one of them, a JIT is probably useful, etc. > > Thank you, bye, > bearophile
It's Unpythonic to compile a machine instruction out of a script. But maybe in the right situations, with the right constraints on a function, certain chunks could be native, almost like a mini- compilation. How much machine instruction do you want to support? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list