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For all those talking about PyPy, have a look at Pyston, an ongoing effort by Dropbox to build a fast Python. https://github.com/dropbox/pyston https://github.
by pepijndevos 11y ago
For all those talking about PyPy, have a look at Pyston, an ongoing effort by Dropbox to build a fast Python.
https://github.com/dropbox/pyston https://github.com/dropbox/pyston
- forgotpwtomain 11y agoAny idea why they decided to write their own JITed python implementation rather than putting in additional support for PyPy ?
- Fede_V 11y agoC-API compatibility, I'm guessing. I agree it was of a strange choice though.
- andreasvc 11y agoPyPy also has higher memory usage.
- joshmaker 11y agoAccording to this slide their "real world" tests of PyPy didn't live up to the benchmarks, and in fact showed "no clear improvement" compare with cpython http://www.slideshare.net/KevinModzelewski/pyston-talk-111015 http://www.slideshare.net/KevinModzelewski/pyston-talk-11101...
- txdv 11y agoI'm kinda jealous that there is so much effort put into Python... I like to use ruby as a scripting language...