On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Joe <qbpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I spent my Saturday trying to make PyPy look better in the > language shootout, I'm leaning towards taking it out. While a > comparison between languages may be interesting, maybe having 1 > implementation per language in the shootout would work better. Then > there is one target to optimize for. PyPy and CPython have very > different performance characteristics. > > I feel as though speed.python.org may be a better venue for comparing > python implementations. Since the pypy developers have closer ties to > the Python Core developers and it's been stated they'll have > influence. It can be made to be fair for all parties involved. Since > all parties will likely be python implementations they can all agree > on one implementation and use that. > > Joe
I heavily recommend keeping PyPy in the Shootout in some form. Even with the Shootout's flaws, it is nice to have a general idea of how PyPy compares to both CPython and other languages. -Aaron DeVore _______________________________________________ pypy-...@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
