Thanks for your response Alex... I have a couple follow-up questions: > Yes, 64-bit support for asmgcc as merged, however there appears to be > a performance issue with it, it's not nearly as fast as it should be.
Is this a matter that is getting PyPy developer attention, or is expected to in the relatively near future? > multiproccessing was added to the stdlib in 2.6, we have a > fast-forward branch that's aiming to implement 2.7, so when it's > released it will contain a multiprocessing module. That's great news. Is there any estimate of when a fairly stable beta will be available? Thanks! Gary -- Gary Robinson CTO Emergent Discovery, LLC personal email: [email protected] work email: [email protected] Company: http://www.emergentdiscovery.com Blog: http://www.garyrobinson.net On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Alex Gaynor wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Gary Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I saw the PyPy Status Blog post mentioning that there is a working asmgcc >> for x86_64 linux. I wonder if you could clarify the status of it a bit >> further. The last thing Jason Creighton wrote on the subject that I can >> find, from Aug 13, was: "...the bottom line is that the main goal of my GSoC >> was accomplished: A working 64-bit PyPy JIT. Hopefully I'll be able to >> complete asmgcc-64, and make the JIT even faster..." >> >> But the new Status Blog post says " It not only includes working 64bit JIT >> (merged into PyPy trunk), but also a working asmgcc for x86_64 linux >> platform, that makes it possible to run the JIT on this architecture with >> our advanced garbage collectors" >> >> So it sounds like he (or someone) DID get the Linux version of it working. >> Has it been merged into the trunk? Does it seem stable? You say: "Expect >> this to be a major selling point for the next PyPy release :-)" Do you have >> an estimate of when that'll come out? >> >> I'm looking forward to testing PyPy for some of our music recommendation >> code. The main thing holding me back so far is the lack of 64-bit support. >> >> The other thing in the way is that I need to use multiple cores. I can >> home-grow a solution for my needs, but it would be great if the python >> multiprocessing library were to be supported. I see "r77223 - in >> pypy/branch/fast-forward/pypy/module/_multiprocessing: . test" in the svn >> commit log, dated Tuesday of this week >> (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.pypy.cvs/29865)... I'm hoping >> that means it's going to be supported soon? That would be really great. >> >> Thanks, >> Gary >> >> -- >> >> Gary Robinson >> CTO >> Emergent Discovery, LLC >> personal email: [email protected] >> work email: [email protected] >> Company: http://www.emergentdiscovery.com >> Blog: http://www.garyrobinson.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev >> > > Yes, 64-bit support for asmgcc as merged, however there appears to be > a performance issue with it, it's not nearly as fast as it should be. > > multiproccessing was added to the stdlib in 2.6, we have a > fast-forward branch that's aiming to implement 2.7, so when it's > released it will contain a multiprocessing module. > > Alex > > -- > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your > right to say it." -- Voltaire > "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero > "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you > want" -- Me _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
