compiled Jython vs. CPython

[Jonathan P.]

> > Could jythonc be *the* Python compiler we wish
> > we had?
> 
> In both CPython and Jython all python code is compiled
> on the fly to byte code before being executed. For imported
> modules this byte code is also saved.

I was hoping that the one difference that might go in
favor of Jython is that while CPython bytecodes are
interpreted while the program is being run, Java bytecodes 
generated by Jython will be compiled into native code 
first by a JIT compiling JVM.