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Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences?

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2011-07-13 09:18 -0600
Subject Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Anthony Kong <anthony.hw.kong@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the main difference is that pypy supports only R-Python, which stands
> for 'Restricted Python".
> It is a subset of C-python language.

This is wrong.  The PyPy *interpreter* is written in RPython.  At the
application level, PyPy supports the full syntax and semantics of
Python (with a few minor differences of the same sort that you find in
Jython or IronPython).

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What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences? ArrC <justmailnaveen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 07:06 -0700
  Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-14 00:21 +1000
  Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences? sturlamolden <sturlamolden@yahoo.no> - 2011-07-13 08:03 -0700
  Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 09:18 -0600
  Re: What is the difference between PyPy and Python? are there lot of differences? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-13 12:31 -0400

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