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Issue #28705: greatly simplify the FAQ entry on transpiling.
This also eliminats a dead link to Weave in the process.
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Can Python be compiled to machine code, C or some other language?
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Practical answer:
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`Cython <http://cython.org/>`_ and `Pyrex <https://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/>`_
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compile a modified version of Python with optional annotations into C
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extensions. `Weave <https://scipy.github.io/devdocs/tutorial/weave.html>`_ makes it easy to
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intermingle Python and C code in various ways to increase performance.
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`Nuitka <http://www.nuitka.net/>`_ is an up-and-coming compiler of Python
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into C++ code, aiming to support the full Python language.
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Theoretical answer:
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Not trivially. Python's high level data types, dynamic typing of objects and
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run-time invocation of the interpreter (using :func:`eval` or :func:`exec`)
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together mean that a naïvely "compiled" Python program would probably consist
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mostly of calls into the Python run-time system, even for seemingly simple
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operations like ``x+1``.
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Several projects described in the Python newsgroup or at past `Python
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conferences <https://www.python.org/community/workshops/>`_ have shown that this
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approach is feasible, although the speedups reached so far are only modest
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(e.g. 2x). Jython uses the same strategy for compiling to Java bytecode. (Jim
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Hugunin has demonstrated that in combination with whole-program analysis,
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speedups of 1000x are feasible for small demo programs. See the proceedings
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from the `1997 Python conference
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<http://legacy.python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/>`_ for more information.)
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`Cython <http://cython.org/>`_ compiles a modified version of Python with
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optional annotations into C extensions. `Nuitka <http://www.nuitka.net/>`_ is
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an up-and-coming compiler of Python into C++ code, aiming to support the full
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Python language. For compiling to Java you can consider
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`VOC <https://voc.readthedocs.io>`_.
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How does Python manage memory?

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