[Python-Dev] A new webpage promoting Compiler technology for CPython (original) (raw)

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Sat Feb 16 09:03:12 CET 2013

Nick Coghlan, 16.02.2013 08:49:

Yes, the PyPy team and scientific users of Python have a long history of talking past each other (and abusing each other for the mutual lack of understanding). However, that's no excuse for deliberately ignoring the advantages JIT compilation can bring

No-one's ignoring that. Philip already mentioned Numba, for example. The only question is whether this needs to happen outside of the existing ecosystem, or if we can't just embrace the 95-to-5 rule and use the right tools just for the performance critical bits of our code, without sacrificing what we achieved in the last 20 years.

Stefan

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