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Python is written in C, and yet ... Compiling to C really isn't relevant. "50 years of work on C compilers" is not at all relevant--languages that compile to L

by jibal 6y ago

Python is written in C, and yet ... Compiling to C really isn't relevant. "50 years of work on C compilers" is not at all relevant--languages that compile to LLVM get all the advantages of the optimization work.

otherme123 6y ago
Written in C is not the same that compiled via C. If you want Python compiled via C you can use Cython, and without much surprise, you usually get a huge speed up (e.g. https://notes-on-cython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/std_dev.html https://notes-on-cython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/std_dev.htm...).