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> True, but who is going to write your Python/Ruby interpreters then? Pythonistas will. > And using what language? Using python. Case in point, Pypy. <\ :P>
by shiven 14y ago
> True, but who is going to write your Python/Ruby interpreters then?
Pythonistas will.
> And using what language?
Using python. Case in point, Pypy.
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- uhhyeahdude 14y agoFair point, sir. But I don't know that those are always optimal solutions.
- exDM69 14y ago> Using python. Case in point, Pypy. Yes, PyPy is an excellent example of doing low level tasks in a high level language. It's also quite rare. I think in the future we'll see more examples of self-hosting dynamic languages that have a JIT-compiler based execution environment that combines interpretation and compilation. However, in comparison to the stuff that the PyPy guys are writing, C programming is easy. And I bet all of the PyPy programmers are excellent C programmers, because they have to be good with low level stuff anyway. I still advice learning C programming, and how interpreters and compilers work.