On 3/15/13, John Little <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I know squat about Python but I presume it has a compilation phase > like Perl, which compiles to "op codes" which are executed without, f. ex., > variable look ups. Vim uses a pure interpreter. > > Vim script is "fast enough", and has the virtue of running anywhere vim does > (well, not quite; anywhere a "normal" non-gui build does) with few > dependencies, IIUC a C compiler and the standard library. > > Regards, John Little >
You are probably right. Python does compile the source code into bytecode. It's interesting that such basic operation as "for" loop gets >30-fold performance boost. Regards, Vlad -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
