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RPython is the new C?

• fijal 14y ago
  Absolutely not. RPython is a language to write dynamic languages virtual machines. That's a much less broad scope than C aims at (and achieves).
• luckystarr 14y ago
  In addition to fijal's comment: I also heard somewhere that RPython is a) not strictly specified and b) may change when needed without notice. So I would stay clear of it. :)
  • fijal 14y ago
    we removed that from the docs, it's kinda stable by now (but it's still an atrocious language to use, just beats C/C++ for that particular task by a lot)
    • luckystarr 14y ago
      Out of curiosity, whats so atrocious about it? The slow translation step or language idiosyncrasies?
      • kingkilr 14y ago
        Slow compilation, undocumented semantics, and most importantly: atrocious error messages..