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Years and years later and they are finally able to (very slightly) beat psycho. Sigh.

• kingkilr 16y ago
  Sure, but we have a 64-bit backend ;) After years and years still no one wants to write one for psycho. Edit: Psycho also broke Python's semantics in a few very subtle ways, in that sense it isn't a truly fair comparison.
  • mikeklaas 16y ago
    Hey, don't get me wrong, it's great that you're making strides, and I still hope the project is a success. My viewpoint comes as someone who was very excited initially at the thought of a drop-in replacement for CPython whose goal was to be "faster than c". It's been a very long time and it seems like pypy still has a long way to go to achieve production-readiness, so it's hard to continue being excited about the project.
    • andybak 16y ago
      Aside from the rapid performance gains in recent months and the fact that it's twice as fast as CPython...
      • mikeklaas 16y ago
        ... in these benchmarks, which are mostly tight-loop math code, from what I understand. Being a drop-in replacement also includes things like virtual crashproofness, full stdlib support, runs major third-party packages flawlessly, etc.
    • Semiapies 16y ago
      Then don't be "excited". However, it's douchey to mock others' work just because they're not on your timetable.
  • cool-RR 16y ago
    How does Psyco break Python's semantics? I'm using Psyco for years and I didn't know that it did.
    • kingkilr 16y ago
      2nd section here: http://psyco.sourceforge.net/psycoguide/bugs.html http://psyco.sourceforge.net/psycoguide/bugs.html