[Python-Dev] Python 3 optimizations continued... (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Aug 31 19:28:57 CEST 2011

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Cesare Di Mauro <cesare.di.mauro at gmail.com> wrote:

It isn't, because motivation to do something new with CPython vanishes, at least on some areas (virtual machine / ceval.c), even having some ideas to experiment with. That's why in my last talk on EuroPython I decided to move on other areas (Python objects).

Cesare, I'm really sorry that you became so disillusioned that you abandoned wordcode. I agree that we were too optimistic about Unladen Swallow. Also that the existence of PyPy and its PR machine (:-) should not stop us from improving CPython.

I'm wondering if, with your experience in creating WPython, you could review Stefan Brunthaler's code and approach (once he's put it up for review) and possibly the two of you could even work on a joint project?

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