Python compilers?

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed May 19 05:52:29 EDT 2004


Svein Ove Aas <svein+usenet01 at brage.info> writes:

> What you're claiming, though, is that it's possible to write Python code
> that can't easily be translated to equivalent Lisp code. Can you give an
> example?

class C:
 def __eq__(self, other):
  return True

for example.  For better or worse, Python *is* more dynamic than
Common Lisp, and this *does* contribute to making it harder to make
Python go fast.

I wrote a rant about this subject:

    http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/speeding-python.html

Cheers,
mwh

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