🔒 Locked

Python -> Native

Started by daerid Oct 25, 2002 at 11:46 AM 4 replies 200+ views

Original Post

Oct 25, 2002 at 11:46 AM

Is there a compiler that can convert interpreted python code to native x86 code? I haven''t been able to find one, but that would be really nice to have

SabreMan

127

SabreMan

Oct 25, 2002 at 11:53 AM

You could check out the Python distutils and py2exe (sorry don''t have the links to hand but very easy to find on Google). A word of warning though: by the very dynamic nature of Python it is necessary to always have the runtime available, even when distributing in exe format. This means any binary distribution of a Python application will have the Python runtime concealed somewhere about its person. If it''s a statically linked version of the runtime, you will be distributing as many versions of the runtime as you are packaged scripts. I strongly recommend you to review other means of distribution before deciding py2exe is the way to go.

daerid

Author

daerid

Oct 25, 2002 at 12:05 PM

cool, thanks for the info and suggestions!

Viro

Oct 25, 2002 at 5:19 PM

Is it safe to assume that its just like java?

mutex

274

mutex

Oct 25, 2002 at 7:34 PM

Python code is not compiled to native x86, even with py2exe. All py2exe does is embed the compiled Python bytecode inside an exe that also contains the Python interpreter. As far as I know, a Python to x86 compiler does not exist. All Python code is interpreted. A JIT compiler doesn''t exist either (I think).

SabreMan

127

SabreMan

Oct 25, 2002 at 9:46 PM

quote:
Original post by Viro
Is it safe to assume that its just like java?

It''s never safe to assume that anything other than yer Dad is like Java.

Topic Locked

This topic has been locked by a moderator. New replies are not allowed.