Author: Ronan Lamy <[email protected]> Branch: extradoc Changeset: r5538:4397b357ffb7 Date: 2015-04-28 22:59 +0100 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/extradoc/changeset/4397b357ffb7/
Log: PyPy for mediocre programmers: the abstract diff --git a/talk/ep2015/pypy-abstract.rst b/talk/ep2015/pypy-abstract.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/talk/ep2015/pypy-abstract.rst @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +============================= +PyPy for mediocre programmers +============================= + +This is a talk for mediocre Python programmers by a mediocre programmer. PyPy +is an alternative implementation of Python. It is notorious for being fast, but +also for using clever algorithms pertaining to advanced concepts such as type +inference, garbage collection, just-in-time compilation, etc. So, can we, +mediocre programmers, realistically use PyPy? + +Yes, absolutely. In fact, PyPy developers did all that hard work so that we +wouldn't have to. As we'll see, it runs most Python code exactly like CPython +does, save that it magically makes it faster. + +Porting existing applications is always more involved than running a simple +script, so we'll also examine likely difficulties such as code relying on +CPython implementation details, and dependencies on C extensions, and explore +simple principles to let PyPy run your code even faster. + +Finally, we'll have a glimpse of the future by looking at what's brewing in +the PyPy lair, such as software transactional memory, new speed optimisations, +better support for Python 3 and NumPy, ... _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
