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0 pointsvidarh6mo ago0 comments

A language is not inherently interpreted or compiled.

Some languages are more or less easy to compile efficiently and without embedding a JIT compiler, but any language can be compiled.

For Python in particular, there are already compilers.

If you want a nightmarish language to compile, look at Ruby. There are compilers even for Ruby.

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nurettin6mo ago

Python has the same amount of nightmare. Maybe even more. You can add static class and instance accessors at runtime, it supports full monkey patching just like Ruby does. You can meta program modules, classes, objects, you can decorate classes and functions, declare functions and lambdas anywhere. "compilers" usually disallow monkey business and compile only a subset.

vidarhOP6mo ago

While my (half finished, buggy) Ruby compiler is definitely a subset, it allows the monkey business. There are ways to do it reasonably, but making it fast gets a lot harder when you do...

nurettin6mo ago

Best in Class seems to be JRuby, but it needs a JVM in between.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsvidarh6mo ago0 comments

A language is not inherently interpreted or compiled.

Some languages are more or less easy to compile efficiently and without embedding a JIT compiler, but any language can be compiled.

For Python in particular, there are already compilers.

If you want a nightmarish language to compile, look at Ruby. There are compilers even for Ruby.

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nurettin6mo ago

vidarhOP6mo ago

While my (half finished, buggy) Ruby compiler is definitely a subset, it allows the monkey business. There are ways to do it reasonably, but making it fast gets a lot harder when you do...

nurettin6mo ago

Best in Class seems to be JRuby, but it needs a JVM in between.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse