Comment on LPython: Novel, Fast, Retargetable Python Compiler (2023)Comments−sgammon1yHow does this compare to GraalPy? Why create something new when GraalPy can already build native programs?−actionfromafar1yLPython seems more like Shedskin. (Shedskin compiles Python to C++.)You could say that LPython and Shedskin are to Python what Crystal is to Ruby.−zem1yimo that misrepresents crystal, which is not a compiler from ruby to c++/native but a separate language that takes a lot of inspiration from ruby and tries to maintain a similar syntax, but does not consider itself a ruby dialect or implementation.−actionfromafar1yI think you are right, it wasn't a great comparison.
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How does this compare to GraalPy? Why create something new when GraalPy can already build native programs?
LPython seems more like Shedskin. (Shedskin compiles Python to C++.)
You could say that LPython and Shedskin are to Python what Crystal is to Ruby.
imo that misrepresents crystal, which is not a compiler from ruby to c++/native but a separate language that takes a lot of inspiration from ruby and tries to maintain a similar syntax, but does not consider itself a ruby dialect or implementation.
I think you are right, it wasn't a great comparison.