> The aim of this exercise is to prove that interpreted languages can be just as fast as C. From my limited understanding of Python, it compiles into bytecode

> The aim of this exercise is to prove that interpreted languages can be just as fast as C. From my limited understanding of Python, it compiles into bytecode that is fed into a virtual machine doesn't it? How can that ever be just as fast as C? Unless the C programmer does a really bad job?