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So I guess that Python JIT compiler (https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/04/introducing-pyston-an-upcoming-jit-based-python-implementation/ https://tech.dropbox.com/2

• bhouston 12y ago
  Seems to still be actively developed: https://github.com/dropbox/pyston/commits/master https://github.com/dropbox/pyston/commits/master
• rcarmo 12y ago
  Snark aside, I don't see what one has to do with the other. It's perfectly sensible for them to keep pushing pyston to have an alternate solution.
  • noelwelsh 12y ago
    I wasn't snarking, merely asking a question. It's valid to ask whether the Python compiler is working out since the stated goal is "to produce a high-performance Python implementation that can push Python into domains dominated by traditional systems languages like C++." Since Dropbox has rewritten a chunk of systems in Go it suggests that Pyston isn't working out.
    • rcarmo 12y ago
      If you check out the announcement timings, it was far too soon for Pyston to have an effect. You can't churn out PyPy-grade JITs like they were burgers...
• jamwt 12y ago
  We still have tons of Python code, and likely always will. Therefore, Pyston is still really interesting to us. Only specific, common, core services (storage etc.), are being written in golang; the "long tail" of application code on the backend is (and will remain) in Python. - Dropbox infrastructure engineer