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> Why don't we see more adoption of alternative runtimes? What exactly would you like to see? For python: - PyPy is seeing a lot of use, - Cython is seeing a
by beagle3 9y ago
> Why don't we see more adoption of alternative runtimes?
What exactly would you like to see? For python:
- PyPy is seeing a lot of use,
- Cython is seeing a lot of use, mostly as a way to implement C glue, but also on its own
- MicroPython is seeing a lot of use on limited environments
- Nuitka is a "secret sauce" for people who want to compile their Python to an .exe without leaving any easily-decompilable .py files. (And they get a speedup as a bonus)
Even TinyPy had gotten some use in its day (before it was abandoned - nowadays, MicroPython fills the same niche).
Except for older languages (C++, C, Pascal, Basic, COBOL, Fortran, LISP, APL), it is actually rare to have more than two mature implementations of a language see e.g. (D, Go have their own and a GCC backend; C# has its own and Mono).