On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 19:41, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> >> wrote: >>> As we prepare to merge the io-c branch, the question has come up [1] >>> about the original Python implementation. Should it just be deleted in >>> favor C version? The wish to maintain the two implementations together >>> has been raised on the basis that Python is easier to experiment on >>> and read (for other vm implementors). >> >> Probably not a surprise, but +1 from me for keeping the pure Python version >> around for the benefit of other VMs as well as a reference implementation. > > You have been practice channeling me again, haven't you? I like the > idea of having two (closely matching) implementations very much.
Agreed. In particular, this helps any projects that are focused on improving the performance of pure-Python code: they can work on minimizing the delta between the Python and C versions. Collin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
