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All good points, except the last... Does anybody use PyPy, Jython or IronPython for a production web service? I'm seriously wondering. I've had the misfortune

All good points, except the last... Does anybody use PyPy, Jython or IronPython for a production web service? I'm seriously wondering. I've had the misfortune of having had to use Jython, but just to read Python pickles from a Java service (don't ask). Even that simple use case wasn't fun (the last stable release was also over a year ago). PyPy looks great for small or new projects, but there is this disclaimer: "PyPy has alpha/beta-level support for the CPython C API, however, as of 2.1 release this feature is not yet complete. Many libraries will require a bit of effort to work..." - this has caused PyPy to be incompatible with every large Python project I've ever worked on. And well, personal (dis)taste in .NET aside, IronPython hasn't had a release in over a year either... Where are these projects being used in production?

continuations 13y ago
Quora runs on PyPy: http://www.quora.com/Alex-Gaynor/Posts/Quora-is-now-running-on-PyPy http://www.quora.com/Alex-Gaynor/Posts/Quora-is-now-running-...
- no_l0gic 13y ago
  Nope, not any more: http://www.quora.com/PyPy/Is-Quora-still-running-on-PyPy http://www.quora.com/PyPy/Is-Quora-still-running-on-PyPy (The answer you linked is quite old) I'm even more skeptical now that I see a company tried moving to PyPy, and actually hired a core PyPy developer (Alex Gaynor - http://pypy.org/people.html http://pypy.org/people.html) to make the move, and it still didn't work out.
kingkilr 13y ago
Yes, PyPy is used in production by many companies.
- no_l0gic 13y ago
  Such as?
  - ragsagar 13y ago
    disqus, i guess!
    - no_l0gic 13y ago
      I can't find any current information about Disqus using PyPY. Do you have a link you can provide? What I did find is current Disqus adventures in Go due to Python not being performant enough: http://blog.disqus.com/post/51155103801/trying-out-this-go-thing http://blog.disqus.com/post/51155103801/trying-out-this-go-t...

continuations 13y ago

Quora runs on PyPy: http://www.quora.com/Alex-Gaynor/Posts/Quora-is-now-running-on-PyPy http://www.quora.com/Alex-Gaynor/Posts/Quora-is-now-running-...

no_l0gic 13y ago
Nope, not any more: http://www.quora.com/PyPy/Is-Quora-still-running-on-PyPy http://www.quora.com/PyPy/Is-Quora-still-running-on-PyPy (The answer you linked is quite old) I'm even more skeptical now that I see a company tried moving to PyPy, and actually hired a core PyPy developer (Alex Gaynor - http://pypy.org/people.html http://pypy.org/people.html) to make the move, and it still didn't work out.

kingkilr 13y ago

Yes, PyPy is used in production by many companies.

no_l0gic 13y ago
Such as?
- ragsagar 13y ago
  disqus, i guess!
  - no_l0gic 13y ago
    I can't find any current information about Disqus using PyPY. Do you have a link you can provide? What I did find is current Disqus adventures in Go due to Python not being performant enough: http://blog.disqus.com/post/51155103801/trying-out-this-go-thing http://blog.disqus.com/post/51155103801/trying-out-this-go-t...