[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 01:20:20PM -0800, Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > >> You can have both. I've believed this for many years and have been >> frustrated that both are not being provided in one language. >> > > Maybe this is just a naive thought but I'd like to have the most > terse/elegant/readable language and then have the most powerfully built > compiler to take care of performance for me. Have you ever heard or seen the > author of Psycho and PyPy Armin Rigo speak? Hi semi-serious dream is to get > Python faster than C (in many cases). His is a compiler guru and plans to do > this with all kinds of clever compiler work. > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SufficientlySmartCompiler
Not that one can't get Python to be faster than C, but the Suffiently Smart Compiler is one of those red herrings of computer science. --Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
