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Having actively worked on a JIT compiler for CPython; in retrospect, JavaScript had a significant advantage over python: the expected requirement of one's JavaS
by ShroudedNight 9y ago
Having actively worked on a JIT compiler for CPython; in retrospect, JavaScript had a significant advantage over python: the expected requirement of one's JavaScript code to run more-or-less compatibly on a variety of interpreters.
So much Python has historically been tied to CPython's specific ideosyncracies that there is significantly more onus on the upstart VM developers to maintain compatibility with paralinguistic behaviour (things like expectations regarding object destruction sequencing).
- guitarbill 9y agoIt seems like the downfall of anything non-CPython is either the C API or the GIL, although I'm shocked at how good package support is looking for PyPy now (http://packages.pypy.org http://packages.pypy.org). Makes me want to try it again. Javascript also has the "benefit" of an appalling base library, while the base library that CPython provides is quite large, and growing.