[Types-sig] check.py

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:49:27 -0500


Greg Stein wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> 2) I disagree that it is "rightly done in C", but recognize the "IMO" you
>    inserted there :-). I see no issue whatsoever in using Python as part
>    of the Python runtime environment. In fact, I would hope that Python
>    1.6 allows you to write its parser and compiler entirely in Python. The
>    only C code would be the builtin types and the VM.

I agree with you Greg. By Python 2 we may have sufficient performance
that the "standard" compiler can be written in Python.

 Paul Prescod