Why can't pure Python be fully compiled? Compiled or interpreted is a trait of the implementation, not the language. So shouldn't there be some Python implementation that is fully before-hand compiled to native code? What makes (pure) Python so difficult to compile? I know there are things like PyPy and Cython but as I understand it those are not pure Python and require things like type annotations, etc. thanks Fully compiled meaning compiled before-hand to native code, like C or C++ or Lisp. Continue reading...
