On-topic: alternate Python implementations

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> CLPython, an implementation of Python written in Common Lisp.
>
> Berp - a compiler which works by translating Python to Haskell and
> compiling that.

Okay. WHY? CLPython gives some reason, but how often do you need to
bridge that particular pair of languages? And why compile Python via
Haskell, when C is available as a "high level assembly language"?

The mind boggles...

ChrisA