Compiling

[Ravi Teja]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Ravi Teja wrote:
>
> > This is a standard response to a rather frequent question here. But I
> > am not sure I ever understood. Scheme / Lisp are about as dynamic as
> > Python.
>
> if that were fully true, it would be fairly trivial to translate Python to
> scheme or lisp and compile it.

I only dabble in Lisp / Scheme. I am curious on how Python is more
dynamic.

>
> > Another standard response is "nobody felt the need or got around to
> > it". And yet a number of Lisp and Scheme compilers exist when these
> > languages have a much smaller user base. Am I missing something here?
> 
> an endless supply of grad students ?

:-).