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Re:How fast can we make interpreted Python? by chubot on Saturday July 27, 2013 @12:04PM (#6113371)
Oh really, why? Because it's not as compatible?
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Re:How fast can we make interpreted Python? by erdewit on Saturday July 27, 2013 @01:11PM (#6113608)
Yes. With Psyco it was possible to use the entire Python ecosystem, in my case PyQt and the science libraries.

There was just something magical about Psyco, just adding two lines to your script and seeing it run 100x faster. It was really great at speeding up floating point math.

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