python compiled to native in less than a year?

[s]

I believe that you are mistaken...the IL is NOT MS specific and is not tied
to any specific platform or chipset.  Some company should easily be able to
take IL and create a compiler that will work on Linux, Unix, Mac, etc.

Scott

"Oleg Broytmann" <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote in message
news:mailman.979575676.22737.python-list at python.org...
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, scotth wrote:
> > Since the new .NET platform from MS will take all the compatible .NET
> > languages and transform them to an IL (intermediate language ???), then
take
> > the IL to native compiled code, this means that python will be compiled,
but
> > only for the Windows platform.
> >
> > Is what I have said correct, or have I missed something?  This would
give
> > python a huge boost!
>
> <OFFTOPIC mode="flame">
>    I am afraid you are near to be correct. This way M$ is trying to bound
> you to one damned platform. This dirty trick is the answer to Sun's dirty
> tricks with Java.
>
>    Stay away from M$, it is perfectly dangerous. Whatever is touched by M$
> soon become M$ :( Don't touch M$, too, let the Sun be sad example :(((
> </OFFTOPIC>
>
> Oleg.
> ----
>      Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/            phd at phd.pp.ru
>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
>
>