Python compilers?

[Svein Ove Aas]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Fuzzyman wrote:
> 
>> Funnily though, most people call Java a compiled language, but it only
>> compiles to Java bytecode which runs on the virtual machine. Python
>> precompiles to python bytecode which runs on the python virtual
>> machine. So arguably it is *as* compiled as Java.....
> 
> Actually, there are compilers that produce native machine code from
> Java for several CPUs available, and they are used at least in the
> embedded world.
>
There is also GCJ as part of the GCC, which can compile both .class
and .java files. Its libraries aren't complete yet, but I'm sure it's
only a matter of time.