python creates bytecode (like java classes)
you cannot translate python directly to c or machine code, but there are some projects you probably want to look into Pypy is a python implemetation in python and it can be used to translate a python scrip to c or llvm code. (large project, work in progress) http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/news.html Shedskin translates python code to c++ (not all language features supported) http://shed-skin.blogspot.com/ Pyrex is a nice language where you can use python and c like code and it translates into c code. (it is useful for creating fast python extension modules or a python wrapper around an existing c library) http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
