Seriously, though, about LLVM

[Fredrik Lundh]

mk wrote:

>>> This project has gained some publicity. There's IronPython, right, so 
>>> has anybody thought about implementing Python using LLVM as backend, 
>>> as it seems not out of question at all?
>>
>> you mean like:
>>
>>     http://llvm.org/ProjectsWithLLVM/#pypy
>>
>> ?
> 
> No, I don't mean "Python written in Python", with whatever backend.

so anyone attempting to write a Python implementation for the LLVM 
aren't allowed to use Python for the front-end?  why not?

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