Is a "real" C-Python possible?

[hdante]

On Dec 9, 10:07 pm, "Jack" <nos... at invalid.com> wrote:
> >> I think most Java-Python benchmarks you can find online will indicate
> >> that Java is a 3-10 times faster. A few here:
> >>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-January/125789.html
> >>http://blog.snaplogic.org/?p=55
>
> > There are lies, damn lies and benchmarks. :)
>
> > Pure Python code is not going to beat Java code until the Python core
> > gets a  JIT compiler. If you want fair results you have to either
> > disable the JIT in Java or use Psyco for Python. Otherwise you are
> > comparing the quality of one language implementation to the quality of a
> > JIT compiler.
>
> The second articple does have a column for Psyco. It helps in some areas
> but still not good enough to stand up against Java. Plus, Psyco is not the
> main stream and has stopped development.
>
> I'm also wondering, if Psyco is the right way to do, any reason it's not
> being integrated into standard Python?

 Instead of recurring to benchmarks, I recommend that you read the
following:

 http://highscalability.com/youtube-architecture

 There are no comparisons there, just a sample of what python and
psyco can achieve. For a language that isn't designed with speed in
mind, I think that's quite impressive.