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I would use a statically-typed Python that you can compile into a binary for better performance. Step 1: Develop fast in regular Python. Step 2: Add type annota

I would use a statically-typed Python that you can compile into a binary for better performance. Step 1: Develop fast in regular Python. Step 2: Add type annotations and build.

alias301 2y ago
You're in luck! https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc
- Havoc 2y ago
  Wow those are pretty chunky improvements over vanilla
- wk_end 2y ago
  AFAICT this is dead (no updates in four years) and "alpha software...only recommended for production use cases with careful testing, and if you are willing to contribute fixes or to work around issues you will encounter." Unfortunate, because it's pretty cool.
  - iso8859-1 2y ago
    the repo says the code is in the mypy repo and it looks like it is maintained in there. so I think it has had updates the last four years?
    - Redoubts 2y ago
      Yeah, mypy uses it themselves for their releases. I think they get 5x speedups empirically
fuzztester 2y ago
Mojo from Modular? I've not checked it out enough yet, and it's early days for it anyway. Just saying it may be worth keeping an eye on. I've seen some videos of Chris Lattner talking about it. https://www.modular.com/mojo https://www.modular.com/mojo https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mojo https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mojo
- pbronez 2y ago
  Looks interesting. Their “magic” package manager scares me though. Not excited to curl | bash something with strong opinions about my local python setup curl -ssL https://magic.modular.com/deb11637-c8c3-4f76-9195-85af25ef2edf https://magic.modular.com/deb11637-c8c3-4f76-9195-85af25ef2e... | bash
  - fuzztester 2y ago
    I wonder why many groups are doing the "curl pipe to bash" thing these days. I have been seeing this pattern for some years now, and also seen criticism of it. do they not care about security, or is it not a security issue? conditionally or unconditionally, that is?
pjc50 2y ago
Never mind performance, a python application that you can actually ship as a self-contained unit would be a major step forwards.

I would use a statically-typed Python that you can compile into a binary for better performance. Step 1: Develop fast in regular Python. Step 2: Add type annotations and build.

alias301 2y ago

You're in luck! https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc

Havoc 2y ago
Wow those are pretty chunky improvements over vanilla
wk_end 2y ago
AFAICT this is dead (no updates in four years) and "alpha software...only recommended for production use cases with careful testing, and if you are willing to contribute fixes or to work around issues you will encounter." Unfortunate, because it's pretty cool.
- iso8859-1 2y ago
  the repo says the code is in the mypy repo and it looks like it is maintained in there. so I think it has had updates the last four years?
  - Redoubts 2y ago
    Yeah, mypy uses it themselves for their releases. I think they get 5x speedups empirically

fuzztester 2y ago

Mojo from Modular? I've not checked it out enough yet, and it's early days for it anyway. Just saying it may be worth keeping an eye on. I've seen some videos of Chris Lattner talking about it. https://www.modular.com/mojo https://www.modular.com/mojo https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mojo https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mojo

pbronez 2y ago
Looks interesting. Their “magic” package manager scares me though. Not excited to curl | bash something with strong opinions about my local python setup curl -ssL https://magic.modular.com/deb11637-c8c3-4f76-9195-85af25ef2edf https://magic.modular.com/deb11637-c8c3-4f76-9195-85af25ef2e... | bash
- fuzztester 2y ago
  I wonder why many groups are doing the "curl pipe to bash" thing these days. I have been seeing this pattern for some years now, and also seen criticism of it. do they not care about security, or is it not a security issue? conditionally or unconditionally, that is?

pjc50 2y ago

Never mind performance, a python application that you can actually ship as a self-contained unit would be a major step forwards.