Why is it impossible to create a compiler than can compile Python to machinecode like C?

[Stefan Behnel]

Stefan Behnel, 28.02.2013 22:03:
> there are also a couple of projects that do
> dynamic runtime compilation, most notably PyPy and Numba.

Oh, and HotPy, I keep forgetting about that.

> You may want to take a look at the Python implementations page,
> specifically the list of Python compilers:
> 
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonImplementations#Compilers

Stefan