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- arthursilva 11y agoI wish they targeted py3 from the beginning, by the time they get it usable to the mainstream developer (if...) py2 will be lagging a lot of features. That kinda sucks :/
- ngoldbaum 11y agoDropbox is py2 only (along with 80% of Python users as a whole). Business needs win out in this case.
- eiopa 11y agoIf "business needs" was a real consideration, they'd just contribute to PyPy instead of writing a new implementation. They have yet to present strong case for this project.
- rudi-c 11y agoCould you explain why you think contributing to PyPy would better achieve the goal of replacing the Python implementation in Dropbox's codebase?
- eiopa 11y agoBecause it's mature, fast and proven and has good comparability (Achilles hill: C extension support + numpy) , and it would benefit a lot from a high-profile contributor. I suspect that Dropbox has a bunch of custom C extension code (Pyston puts C extension support as a high priority), which may have been a contributing factor here.