2011/8/31 Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Cesare Di Mauro > <cesare.di.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It isn't, because motivation to do something new with CPython vanishes, > at > > least on some areas (virtual machine / ceval.c), even having some ideas > to > > experiment with. That's why in my last talk on EuroPython I decided to > move > > on other areas (Python objects). > > Cesare, I'm really sorry that you became so disillusioned that you > abandoned wordcode. I agree that we were too optimistic about Unladen > Swallow. Also that the existence of PyPy and its PR machine (:-) > should not stop us from improving CPython. >
I never stopped thinking about new optimization. A lot can be made on CPython, even without resorting to something like JIT et all. > > I'm wondering if, with your experience in creating WPython, you could > review Stefan Brunthaler's code and approach (once he's put it up for > review) and possibly the two of you could even work on a joint > project? > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > Yes, I can. I'll wait for Stefan to update its source (reaching Python 3.2 at least) as he has intended to do, and that everything is published, in order to review the code. I also agree with you that right now it doesn't need to look as state-of-the-art. First make it work, then make it nicer. ;) Regards, Cesare
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