castironpi wrote:
The current CPython VM does not compile code.
CPython compiles Python code to bytecode for its CPython *hardware
independent* VM using standard compiler methdods and tools (lexer,
parser, code generator, and optimizer). That VM (interpreter) is
written in portable-as-possible C, with machine/OS #ifdefs added as
needed.
WHY NOT? Why doesn't CPython do it?
1. Portability: The Microsoft C# JIT compiler runs under Windows .NET on
x86/amd64 and maybe it64 and what else? Just porting .NET to run 0n
Linux on the same processors was/is a bit task. Does MONO have a JIT also?
There is a JIT for Python: Psyco. It originally only worked on x86. I
am not sure what else. It originated as a PhD project, working with
CPython, and was developed further as part of PyPy, but I do not know if
there is any current progress.
Python VM runs on numerous platforms.
2. Money: C#, its JIT, and IronPython were and are funded by MS.
Getting JIT right is hard and tedious.
CPython is mostly a volunteer project. It is also the Python development
platform. So it has to be simple enough for volunteers to pick up on
its innards and for experimentation to be possible. Give the PSF more
resources and
tjr
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