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Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by pdpi on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:15PM (#35904334)
The "spark of genius" might very well be a novel implementation strategy.
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Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by neolefty on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:23PM (#35904445)
It leverages the Multi-Level Intermediate Representation (MLIR) https://mlir.llvm.org/ which is a follow-on from LLVM, with lots of lessons learned: https://www.hpcwire.com/2021/12/27/lessons-from-llvm-an-sc21...
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Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by morelisp on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:10PM (#35905100)
Again, "compile to an IR" isn't exactly ground-breaking. The devil will be in the details.
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