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Why don't they just replace python with PyPy, onboard PyPy team and make PyPy compatible with cpython 100 percent? Oh I think NIH syndrome.
by v3ss0n 3y ago
Why don't they just replace python with PyPy, onboard PyPy team and make PyPy compatible with cpython 100 percent? Oh I think NIH syndrome.
- damagednoob 3y agoFrom what I remember, PyPy has some fundamental issues with using libraries with C extensions.
- v3ss0n 3y agoThat was a decade ago, alot had changed
- dragonwriter 3y agoBecause if you want full ecosystem compatibility with as much performance as you can squeeze given that constraint, it makes more sense to start with the constraint satisfied rather than try to work toward it. > Oh I think NIH syndrome. Neither CPython nor PyPy was invented at Microsoft.
- v3ss0n 3y agoPython was by Guido who's now Microsoft employee