Is it possible to compile a program written in Python?
compilation, python
Solution
I think Compiling Python Code would be a good place to start:
Python source code is automatically compiled into Python byte code by the CPython interpreter. Compiled code is usually stored in PYC (or PYO) files, and is regenerated when the source is updated, or when otherwise necessary.
To distribute a program to people who already have Python installed, you can ship either the PY files or the PYC files. In recent versions, you can also create a ZIP archive containing PY or PYC files, and use a small “bootstrap script” to add that ZIP archive to the path.
To “compile” a Python program into an executable, use a bundling tool, such as Gordon McMillan’s installer (alternative download) (cross-platform), Thomas Heller’s py2exe (Windows), Anthony Tuininga’s cx_Freeze (cross-platform), or Bob Ippolito’s py2app (Mac). These tools puts your modules and data files in some kind of archive file, and creates an executable that automatically sets things up so that modules are imported from that archive. Some tools can embed the archive in the executable itself.
Problem
I am new to the Python programming language. I was wondering if it is possible to compile a program to written in Python. Is it possible to convert Python scripts to some lower level programming languages which then can be compiled to binary code? A developer who is considering to code in Python might want to keep the possibility open to be able to go for binary distribution later.