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

[Modulok]

> I'm using Python for a while now and I love it. There is just one thing I
> cannot understand. There are compilers for languages like C and C++. why is
> it impossible to create a compiler that can compile Python code to
> machinecode?

Not exactly what you describe, but have you checked out PyPy?

http://pypy.org/


-Modulok-