sturlamolden wrote:
On Apr 25, 2:15 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I believe, without the benefit of recent experience, that the R stands
for Restricted. Thus and RPython program must of necessity also be a
valid Python program. Or do you know something I don't?
That is correct. But RPython is not anything like Python, I would not
even call it a dynamically typed language. It is actually more like
Fortran 77 with a Python look and feel.
That seems a little harsh: it's Python-in-a-strait-jacket.
The fact remains that since RPython programs also run under the standard
interpreter (albeit a factor of maybe a hundred times more slowly) their
claim of self-hosting is valid.
regards
Steve
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