On Sep 21, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Alex Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I didn't follow this PR as it was in progress, but I just sat down and read > them. I have to say I'm extremely saddened by > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/performance/#alternative-software-implementations > . This seems like extremely bad advice to me. > > In my work I've had the opportunity to do performance work across a huge > number of applications, and there is an amazing corrolation between people > who insist their application is strictly IO bound, and applications which I > find 30% wins in just by switching to PyPy. > > PyPy is known to provide substantial performance gains on Django's template > engine > (http://speed.pypy.org/comparison/?exe=1%2BL%2Bdefault%2C2%2B472&ben=3&env=1&hor=true&bas=none&chart=normal+bars), > at the time of writing it's something like 10x. > > Further, the claim that "Any gains are likely to be small, and compatibility > issues are common." is pure FUD, and unsubstantiated. > > I'd strongly prefer we remove this from our docs, and if anything we should > be encouraging the opposite, people with performance issues should be > encouraged to consider things like PyPy, not hide from them. > > Alex > > -- > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to > say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) > "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero > GPG Key fingerprint: 125F 5C67 DFE9 4084 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. I agree. ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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