I'd like to clarify a few misunderstandings I think you have. Psyco is not a technique, but rather a specialising compiler available as a Python extension module. It compiles directly to 386 machine code. PyPy, on the other hand, currently emits cross-platform C code. Our previous version emitted Pyrex code. Some people in Korea are making a version that emits Lisp code. PyPy doesn't use Psyco, though many ideas are common to both.
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Thanks for the clarifications. In the beginning of the PyPy project I think there was some mention of using Psyco, or similar, tools to achieve performance equal to or exceeding that of C-Python. I hadn't realized that Psyco had been dropped. The PyPy project has intrigued me for some time, but the web site doesn't generally give a good idea of the state of the project, or good starting points for learning more, but I do keep checking back from time to time.
--Dethe
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