So you want to write a fast Python?

Re:So you want to write a fast Python? by masklinn on Monday July 11, 2011 @02:11AM (#2749660)

What are you talking about? And why are you even mentioning the JVM?

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Re:So you want to write a fast Python? by schiptsov on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @01:42AM (#2753676)

Yeah, I was influenced by my previous comment. Original article didn't mention JVM.

But there is a bigger view - if most of the modules are mere wrappers around plain C libraries it is very ineffective approach to try to use some complicated VM while you must do zillions of FFI calls. That is of no use.

So, in my opinion, for a scripting language fast and efficient module calls are more important that any modern JIT stuff, while your modules mostly are mere plain .so

btw, this is yet another point where Java sucks. If you are re-implementing everything in Java, that is probably OK (if you don't care about performance. NIO2 is still just a spec), but if you wish to call any code outside JVM - it sucks. The approach itself is deeply flawed. Look what mess JDBC is.

It is so obvious, that I really disappointed by the level of discussions on HN.

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Re:So you want to write a fast Python? by scott_s on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @09:40AM (#2754658)

If the scripting language itself is fast, then the game changes completely. That is obvious to the rest of us, and motivates this work.

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