Anyone who's interested in Python will be interested in PyPy, a new Python implementation which runs on average 5 times faster than CPython. I have made an OpenBSD port, which can be found here [1]:
http://tratt.net/laurie/src/obsd/ports/pypy.tar.gz "PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of the Python language (equivalent to CPython 2.7.2)." For "pure" Python 2.7 programs, PyPy is generally a drop-in replacement; many programs benefit significantly from its tracing JIT. Unfortunately, PyPy's distribution and installation mechanism is currently rather non-standard; to make the problem tractable, the package installs into $PREFIX/pypy-${V}. To build PyPy, you will need a fair bit of RAM (8Gb is definitely safe; 6Gb is probably safe). Once built, PyPy often consumes less memory than CPython. I have only been able to test PyPy on amd64; i386 should work (perhaps with minor tweaks to the plist); other architectures probably won't work. Comments and questions welcome! Laurie [1] Track it with git here: https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/tree/master/lang/pypy -- Personal http://tratt.net/laurie/ The Converge programming language http://convergepl.org/ https://github.com/ltratt http://twitter.com/laurencetratt
