Author: Armin Rigo <ar...@tunes.org> Branch: Changeset: r90361:d696e7a41931 Date: 2017-02-26 12:44 +0100 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/d696e7a41931/
Log: tweaks diff --git a/pypy/doc/faq.rst b/pypy/doc/faq.rst --- a/pypy/doc/faq.rst +++ b/pypy/doc/faq.rst @@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ (i.e. the Python programmer). CPython has additionally the problem (1) of reference counting. With -PyPy, the problem is simpler: we need to make our GC multithread-aware. -This is easier to do efficiently in PyPy than in CPython. It doesn't -solve the issue (2), though. +PyPy, this sub-problem is simpler: we need to make our GC +multithread-aware. This is easier to do efficiently in PyPy than in +CPython. It doesn't solve the issue (2), though. Note that since 2012 there is work going on on a still very experimental -:doc:`Software Transactional Memory <stm>` version of PyPy. This should -give an alternative PyPy which works without a GIL, while at the same -time continuing to give the Python programmer the complete illusion of -having one. This work is currently a bit stalled because of its own +:doc:`Software Transactional Memory <stm>` (STM) version of PyPy. This +should give an alternative PyPy which works without a GIL, while at the +same time continuing to give the Python programmer the complete illusion +of having one. This work is currently a bit stalled because of its own technical difficulties. _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
