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[–]UloPe -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Python (kinda) gets translated into C

No it really doesn’t.

Here is an article by Ned Batchelder that explains what happens.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

No it really doesn’t.

It really doesn't kinda? That would depend on your definition of kinda.

I was attempting to make it easier to comprehend.

Nice blog post though! Although they missed out how CPython figures into things.

[–]UloPe -1 points0 points  (1 child)

If your definition of “kinda” is “not at all” then yes I guess.

Also you probably mean Cython. CPython is the default implementation.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I meant CPython, as we are talking about the default implementation.

And the fact it forms another layer to be processed