<s>
Nuitka	B-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
as	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
source-to-source	B-Language
compiler	I-Language
which	O
compiles	O
Python	B-Language
code	I-Language
to	O
C	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
applying	O
some	O
compile-time	O
optimizations	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
such	O
as	O
constant	O
folding	O
and	O
propagation	O
,	O
built-in	O
call	O
prediction	O
,	O
type	O
inference	O
,	O
and	O
conditional	O
statement	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuitka	B-Language
initially	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
produce	O
C++	O
code	O
,	O
but	O
current	O
versions	O
produce	O
C	B-Language
source	O
code	O
using	O
only	O
those	O
features	O
of	O
C11	O
that	O
are	O
shared	O
by	O
C++03	B-Language
,	O
enabling	O
further	O
compilation	O
to	O
a	O
binary	O
executable	O
format	O
by	O
modern	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	O
compilers	O
including	O
gcc	B-Application
,	O
clang	B-Application
,	O
MinGW	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
accepts	O
Python	B-Language
code	I-Language
compatible	O
with	O
several	O
different	O
Python	B-Language
versions	O
(	O
currently	O
supporting	O
versions	O
2.6	O
,	O
2.7	O
,	O
and	O
3.3	O
–	O
3.10	O
)	O
and	O
optionally	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
standalone	O
programs	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
Python	B-Language
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuitka	B-Language
was	O
discussed	O
at	O
the	O
2012	O
EuroPython	O
conference	O
,	O
and	O
serious	O
development	O
began	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
supports	O
virtually	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
compile-time	O
optimizations	O
are	O
planned	O
for	O
future	O
releases	O
,	O
including	O
avoiding	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
objects	O
for	O
additional	O
variables	O
whose	O
type	O
can	O
be	O
inferred	O
at	O
compile	O
time	O
,	O
particularly	O
when	O
using	O
iterators	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
performance	O
increase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
cross-compile	B-Application
binaries	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Standalone	O
binaries	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
--standalone	O
command	O
line	O
option	O
include	O
an	O
embedded	O
CPython	B-Language
interpreter	O
to	O
handle	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
determined	O
when	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
compiled	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
interpreted	O
at	O
runtime	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
duck	B-Application
typing	I-Application
,	O
exception	B-General_Concept
handling	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
dynamic	O
code	O
execution	O
(	O
the	O
eval	O
function	O
and	O
exec	O
function	O
or	O
statement	O
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
those	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
native	O
libraries	O
that	O
are	O
needed	O
for	O
execution	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
rather	O
large	O
file	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuitka	B-Language
's	O
design	O
heavily	O
relies	O
on	O
the	O
internals	O
of	O
the	O
CPython	B-Language
interpreter	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
other	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
such	O
as	O
PyPy	B-Language
,	O
Jython	B-Language
,	O
and	O
IronPython	B-Application
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
CPython	B-Language
for	O
the	O
runtime	O
interpreter	O
and	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuitka	B-Language
can	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
the	O
repositories	O
of	O
many	O
Linux	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
installed	O
through	O
pip	B-Application
and	O
pip3	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compilation	O
is	O
done	O
either	O
with	O
nuitka	B-Language
program.py	O
or	O
with	O
Python	B-Language
itself	O
(	O
python	B-Language
-m	O
nuitka	B-Language
program.py	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
