Compile C program -> .pyc file

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-10-21, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to compile a C program into a .pyc file that
>> has the same behavior as the compiled C program?
>
> unless you find a C->Python compiler, no.

Or a C->Python-byte-code compiler.

> PYC files contain Python bytecode, C compilers usually
> generate native code for a given machine platform.

Generating byte-code for a stack-based virtual machine used to
be fairly popular for Pascal.  [I once typed in from a book a
Pascal compiler in 8080 assembly language that generate
P-code.] Generating Python byte code from Pascal wouldn't be
terribly difficult, but doing so for C would be pretty tough
because you'd have to figure out how to fake all the low-level
pointer shenanigans which C allows (or some would say depends
upon).

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