On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > Python code, too, is compiled into interpreted bytecode. Again, you > could compile it into machine code ahead of execution or perform the > compilation on the fly with JIT techniques. However, Python is so > ridiculously dynamic that such compilers have an extremely difficult > time making effective optimizations.
I'd avoid the word "ridiculously" there. Python's dynamism is a feature, not a flaw. It's a feature with consequences (but then, what isn't), and if you don't want it, use a different language, but it's not ridiculous. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
