Is a "real" C-Python possible?

[Aahz]

In article <G62dnbBDl_Y0x8HanZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d at comcast.com>,
Jack <nospam at invalid.com> wrote:
>
>I understand that the standard Python distribution is considered
>the C-Python. Howerver, the current C-Python is really a combination
>of C and Python implementation. There are about 2000 Python files
>included in the Windows version of Python distribution. I'm not sure
>how much of the C-Python is implemented in C but I think the more
>modules implemented in C, the better performance and lower memory
>footprint it will get.

Prove it.  ;-)

Seriously, switching to more C code will cause development to bog down
because Python is so much easier to write than C.

>I wonder if it's possible to have a Python that's completely (or at
>least for the most part) implemented in C, just like PHP - I think
>this is where PHP gets its performance advantage. Or maybe I'm wrong
>because the core modules that matter are already in C and those Python
>files are really a think wrapper. Anyhow, if would be ideal if Python
>has performance similar to Java, with both being interpreted languages.

Could you provide some evidence that Python is slower than Java or PHP?
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