Psyco alternative

[Steve Holden]

sturlamolden wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2:15 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> 
>> I believe, without the benefit of recent experience, that the R stands
>> for Restricted. Thus and RPython program must of necessity also be a
>> valid Python program. Or do you know something I don't?
> 
> That is correct. But RPython is not anything like Python, I would not
> even call it a dynamically typed language. It is actually more like
> Fortran 77 with a Python look and feel.

That seems a little harsh: it's Python-in-a-strait-jacket.

The fact remains that since RPython programs also run under the standard 
interpreter (albeit a factor of maybe a hundred times more slowly) their 
claim of self-hosting is valid.

regards
  Steve
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