Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Fortran Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 07:35:35 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <87tx8tnfjc.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: <87tx91warf.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <85eh05cdjx.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <87ha50hagu.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <536b8411$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <536b9308$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <536bab23$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87mweotfe5.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <87iopbtmh1.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <871tvxtwgj.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <8761l9pi3n.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <5372b488$0$29977$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ff5cf27ef3d5b31f034d3b72bdc27a41"; logging-data="6930"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PVr6YgUXglo/sFOQVeJAu" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nmIoVc67mELSWIK9kM6JCIoiiUI= sha1:J/psw517ZUrdAO5UZo1YfB/ANhY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:71532 Steven D'Aprano : > On Tue, 13 May 2014 22:57:16 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> Producing an effective JIT for Python seems like a formidable challenge >> but not impossible in principle. > > Or in practice. > > http://pypy.org/ I'm having a hard time finding information on how well it performs wrt Java, for example. Did PyPy truly find the Philosophers' Stone? Marko