Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > Yes, that's because the C language is low-level enough that a compiler > can target directly the host CPU's machine code. A Python program, > though, is written in a dynamic language, which is compiled to a > virtual machine code, which needs the Python virtual machine as well > to interpret that machine code.
More generally, both C and Python programs are run with the assistance of a run-time environment. C programs are compiled in such a way that a single compiled file is enough to start up the program. Python programs *could* easily be compiled the same way, but it generally hasn't been considered all that useful. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
