translating Python to Assembler

[Wim Vander Schelden]

On 1/23/08, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
>
> Wim Vander Schelden wrote:
> > Python modules and scripts are normally not even compiled, if they have
> > been,
> > its probably just the Python interpreter packaged with the scripts and
> > resources.
>
> No, that is not correct. Python code is compiled to Python byte code and
> execute inside a virtual machine just like Java or C#. It's even
> possible to write code with Python assembly and compile the Python
> assembly into byte code.
>
> You most certainly meant: Python code is not compiled into machine code.


I didn't know that python uses a VM, I thought it still used an
interpretter! You
learn something new everyday :)

Thanks,

Wim
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