Why not a Python compiler?

[Carl Friedrich Bolz]

Reedick, Andrew wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: python-list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org [mailto:python-
>> list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Luis M. González
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:44 PM
>> To: python-list at python.org
>> Subject: Re: Why not a Python compiler?
>>
>>
>> Pypy is a very ambitious project and it aims, amongst many other
>> goals, to provide a fast just-in-time python implementation.
>> They even say that the "secret goal is being faster than c, which is
>> nonsense, isn´t it?" (I still didn´t get the joke though...).
>>
> 
> 'c' is also the speed of light.  And since nothing can travel faster than light...

nice theory, but wrong: The PyPy home page uses a capital letter C:

http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/home.html

Cheers,

Carl Friedrich Bolz