[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm wondering if someone can explain to me please what it is about > Python that is so different from Lisp that it can't be compiled into > something as fast as compiled Lisp? From this above website and > others, I've learned that compiled Lisp can be nearly as fast as C/C++, > so I don't understand why Python can't also eventually be as efficient? > Is there some *specific* basic reason it's tough? Or is it that this > type of problem in general is tough, and Lisp has 40+ years vs Python's > ~15 years? > >
i'm not sure it'll answer question, but Brett cannon's thesis is good background http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bac/thesis.pdf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
