Does Python compete with Java?

[Peter Hansen]

Roy Smith wrote:
> The difference is that Java exposes the compilation step to the user 
> while Python hides it.  If you really wanted to, you could hack up a 
> "Python compiler" which takes .py files, imports them to force 
> generation of the corresponding .pyc files, and then exits without 
> executing anything.  You could then execute the .pyc files in a distinct 
> "execute phase".  Not sure why you would want to do that, though :-)

python -c "import py_compile as p; p.compile('mymodule.py')"