The compiler canard

[Kenny Tilton]

Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters wrote:

> |> |Do they ever plan to do a compiler for it [Python]?
> |> You mean like Psyco?
> 
> Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> wrote previously:
> |Oh, excellent name.  OK, the context was "what are Python's
> |aspirations?"  Is Python now no longer content to be a (very powerful)
> |scripting language?  Or is it just tired of being ragged on for being
> |slow?
> 
> Python never had an "aspiration" of being "just a scripting language",
> nor WAS it ever such a thing.  From its release, Python was obviously a
> language very well suited to large scale application development 

Oh. Well then you better add macros. <g>

(as
> well as to short one-off scripts).
> 
> There -is- sometimes a misguided allegation that Python is slow. 

Welcome to the club. :)

kenny

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