[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on their site they write: > > "Rumors have it that the secret goal is being faster-than-C which is > nonsense, isn't it?" > > python code will run faster than c? :)
Their goal is to get it to run fast. The 'faster-than-c' bit is sort of a half-joking goal. C is often used as a sort of benchmark, but is often done tonge-in-cheek given the history (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AsFastAsCee). > or does it mean python code will run faster than on cpython? or faster than > on cpython+psyco? what performance will theoretically be possible? They are definaly shooting for something that will be much faster than cpython or cpython+psyco. The psyco developer is one of the core group working on pypy and they are integrating pysco like optimizations into pypy allowing it to do a lot more than pysco can do for cpython. -- John Eikenberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://zhar.net] ______________________________________________________________ "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." - Rod Serling
