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		kingkilr on July 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So you want to write a fast Python? Yes, compile times are rather long, about 40 minutes for the full interpreter on a recent, fairly good, laptop. On the other hand you don't need to do a compile all that frequently, because all the code is testable by executing directly atop another Python.

stavros on July 11, 2011 [–]

So you develop the interpreter by interpreting it on itself before compiling it to itself by itself.

Uh...

cscheid on July 12, 2011 | [–]

You might have some fun reading about the Futamura projections :)

stavros on July 12, 2011 | | [–]

Oh God, that stirs some memories. I'll read it again, thank you.

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