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?

2009-03-27 Thread Paul Moore
2009/3/27 Thomas Wouters : > 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 encouraging. On the other

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Collin Winter
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > 2009/3/27 Collin Winter : >> 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 >

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Thomas Wouters
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:50, Paul Moore wrote: > 2009/3/27 Collin Winter : > > 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

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 Paul Moore
2009/3/27 Collin Winter : > 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 particularly want

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-27 Thread Terry Reedy
Collin Winter wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Terry Reedy 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" htt

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 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 th

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Collin Winter
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Alexandre Vassalotti wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Collin Winter 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

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Collin Winter 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 complete review. I've

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Collin Winter
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Terry Reedy 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" > http://code.googl

Re: [Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Brett Cannon
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 18:05, Terry Reedy 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" > http://code.goog

[Python-Dev] GPython?

2009-03-26 Thread Terry Reedy
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" http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan (Though the project