On Tue, 24 May 2011 14:05:26 +0200 Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > > I doubt that efficient CPU cache usage was a major design goal of PyPy > right from the start. IMHO, the project has changed its objectives way too > many times to claim something like that, especially at the low level where > the CPU cache becomes relevant. I remember that not so long ago, PyPy was > hugely memory hungry compared to CPython. Although, one could certainly > call *that* "designed for CPU cache usage"... ;)
Well, to be honest, "hugely memory hungry" doesn't necessarily mean cache-averse. It depends on the locality of memory access patterns. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
