>  Is it possible to compile Python directly to native machine code?
The reason
>  I ask is because I am using Python to do some pretty intensive
simulations
>  that take anywhere between 10 minutes and a few hours to run. I
assume that
>  if I could compile it directly to machine code that this may speed
up my
>  simulation times.

There has been a recent thread on comp.lang.python about
using something called Psycho(?) (sourceforge?) which seemed to get
Python code running around half the speed of C (ie about 5-10
times faster than usual!)

Significantly this test was done using math calculations so it
might work for you too. Another tool in a similar vein that was
mentioned was Pyrex...

Try searching google groups for the references.

Alan g.


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