I am trying to understand how Python works (because I use it all the time!). To my understanding, when you run something like python script.py, the script is converted to by
Having read the answer of thg4535, I am sure you will find interesting the following explanations on ceval.c : Hello, ceval.c!
This article is part of a series written by Yaniv Aknin whose I'm sort of a fan: Python's Innards