Can I compile Python for the web?

[Charles]

Dear sirs,

I'm doing some investigations on the Python language.
I'd like to know if it is possible to compile Python code made for the web  
(an online database for instance), and to run it using mod_python. How is  
it possible? I think it would be very fast to execute the code if it were  
compiled.
Thanks,

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Charles.

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