Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Stefan Behnel
Brett Cannon wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 18:05, Terry Reedy wrote: If one adds type annotations so that values can be unboxed, would not Cython, etc, do even better for speedup? Nope as Unladen is planning to re-implement the eval loop, something Cython doesn't optimize without the need

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Terry Reedy
Collin Winter wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: An ars technica articla just linked to in a python-list post http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/google-launches-project-to-boost-python-performance-by-5x.ars calls the following project

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Paul Moore
2009/3/27 Collin Winter coll...@gmail.com: In particular, Windows support is one of those things we'll need to address on our end. LLVM's Windows support may be spotty, or there may be other Windows issues we inadvertently introduce. None of the three of us have Windows machines, nor do we

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
Collin Winter wrote: That would be a bikeshed discussion of such magnitude, you'd have to invent new colors to paint the thing. Octarine. Definitely octarine :) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Thomas Wouters
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:50, Paul Moore p.f.mo...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/27 Collin Winter coll...@gmail.com: In particular, Windows support is one of those things we'll need to address on our end. LLVM's Windows support may be spotty, or there may be other Windows issues we

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Collin Winter
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Paul Moore p.f.mo...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/27 Collin Winter coll...@gmail.com: In particular, Windows support is one of those things we'll need to address on our end. LLVM's Windows support may be spotty, or there may be other Windows issues we inadvertently

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Paul Moore
2009/3/27 Thomas Wouters tho...@python.org: It's not a matter of chipping away support. It's a matter of wishing to not write our own JIT, but rather leverage other people's work. That currently means LLVM, but LLVM has a weak Windows story at the moment. Ah, I see. That's much more

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Scott David Daniels
Nick Coghlan wrote: Collin Winter wrote: That would be a bikeshed discussion of such magnitude, you'd have to invent new colors to paint the thing. Octarine. Definitely octarine :) I'm not so sure of the color itself, but its name should definitely rhyme with orange. --Scott David Daniels

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Brett Cannon
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 18:05, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: An ars technica articla just linked to in a python-list post http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/google-launches-project-to-boost-python-performance-by-5x.ars calls the following project Google launched

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Collin Winter
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: An ars technica articla just linked to in a python-list post http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/google-launches-project-to-boost-python-performance-by-5x.ars calls the following project Google launched

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Collin Winter coll...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, right now I'm adding a last few tests before putting our cPickle patches up on the tracker for further review. Put me in the nosy list when you do; and when I get some free time, I will give your patches a

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Collin Winter
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Alexandre Vassalotti alexan...@peadrop.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Collin Winter coll...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, right now I'm adding a last few tests before putting our cPickle patches up on the tracker for further review. Put me in the