Hi there, I have just released version 0.0.8 of Shed Skin, an optimizing Python-to-C++ compiler. It allows for translation of pure (unmodified), implicitly statically typed Python programs into optimized C++, and hence, highly optimized machine language. Many non-trivial benchmarks (ray tracer, chess player, othello player, sat solver, 3 sudoku solvers..) run typically 2-40 times faster than when using Psyco, 12 times on average, and 2-220 times than when using CPython, 45 times on average.
Please see http://mark.dufour.googlepages.com for for information, and a link to my Master's Thesis, with detailed measurements and an explanation of how the compiler works. Please feel free to join the project (it's currently only 6000 lines!), or look into the possibilities of doing a Google SoC project on it (I got accepted last year, so it might be possible again! :)) Otherwise, please give it a run and let me know what breaks. Thanks, Mark Dufour. -- "How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are for. I only coded it." - Linus Torvalds -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html