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You're conflating Python the language and Python the default runtime implementation (CPython). PyPy, a Python JIT compiler, has shown you can have an incredibly
by theli0nheart 9y ago
You're conflating Python the language and Python the default runtime implementation (CPython). PyPy, a Python JIT compiler, has shown you can have an incredibly fast Python implementation. In some cases, it's faster than C.
Maybe this is what you're looking for. :)
http://speed.pypy.org http://speed.pypy.org
- blub 9y agoPython and CPython are the same thing for the majority of Python developers, just like the Oracle JVM is a synonym of Java. Yes, there are other exotic runtimes, but only one official one and that's what people will use.
- theli0nheart 9y agoI get that, and I agree, but my point was that if you're writing Python and finding that your code is too slow, it's far easier to just drop in a faster runtime than it is to rewrite your entire existing codebase in a new language.
- MR4D 9y agoNot if you deploy your code to environments you don’t fully control.
- theli0nheart 9y agoWell, then you're out of luck. :)