I tried PyPy 1.4 today. web2py worked out of the box and I am impressed by this. I run some tests:
TEST1 (web2py) ===== I run some (sloppy) benchmarks on OSX with ab and I found PyPy to be a bit lower no model, no logic, just hello world with trivial template Cpython: 4ms/request PyPy: 8ms/request More complex example (auth, crud, service): the welcome app Cpython: 68ms/request PyPy: 89ms/request I found an occasional "segmentation fault" crash of web2py. I could not identify the cause. TEST2 (no web2py, no web server, just loops) ===== I benchmarked a simple program that performs two nested loops (not web2py, not web related) and I found: cPython: 23s pypy: 15s Pypy is indeed faster in this case. TEST 3 (no web2py, just rocket and wsgi hello world) ====== cpython: 0.849ms/request pypy: 2.109ms/request Massimo On Nov 26, 6:51 pm, Phyo Arkar <[email protected]> wrote: > I think its time try to give web2py on pypy 1.4 a try! its production > quality they said. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:23:45 +0200 > Subject: [pypy-dev] PyPy 1.4 released > To: PyPy Dev <[email protected]>, "<[email protected]>" > > <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > =============================== > PyPy 1.4: Ouroboros in practice > =============================== > > We're pleased to announce the 1.4 release of PyPy. This is a major > breakthrough > in our long journey, as PyPy 1.4 is the first PyPy release that can translate > itself faster than CPython. Starting today, we are using PyPy more for > our every-day development. So may you :) You can download it here: > > http://pypy.org/download.html > > What is PyPy > ============ > > PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement > for CPython. It's fast (`pypy 1.4 and cpython 2.6`_ comparison) > > Among its new features, this release includes numerous performance > improvements > (which made fast self-hosting possible), a 64-bit JIT backend, as well > as serious stabilization. As of now, we can consider the 32-bit and 64-bit > linux versions of PyPy stable enough to run `in production`_. > > Numerous speed achievements are described on `our blog`_. Normalized speed > charts comparing `pypy 1.4 and pypy 1.3`_ as well as `pypy 1.4 and cpython > 2.6`_ > are available on benchmark website. For the impatient: yes, we got a lot > faster! > > More highlights > =============== > > * PyPy's built-in Just-in-Time compiler is fully transparent and > automatically generated; it now also has very reasonable memory > requirements. The total memory used by a very complex and > long-running process (translating PyPy itself) is within 1.5x to > at most 2x the memory needed by CPython, for a speed-up of 2x. > > * More compact instances. All instances are as compact as if > they had ``__slots__``. This can give programs a big gain in > memory. (In the example of translation above, we already have > carefully placed ``__slots__``, so there is no extra win.) > > * `Virtualenv support`_: now PyPy is fully compatible with > virtualenv_: note that > to use it, you need a recent version of virtualenv (>= 1.5). > > * Faster (and JITted) regular expressions - huge boost in speeding up > the `re` module. > > * Other speed improvements, like JITted calls to functions like map(). > > .. _virtualenv:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv > .. _`Virtualenv > support`:http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2010/08/using-virtualenv-with-pypy.html > .. _`in > production`:http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2010/11/running-large-radio-telescope-so... > .. _`our blog`:http://morepypy.blogspot.com > .. _`pypy 1.4 and pypy > 1.3`:http://speed.pypy.org/comparison/?exe=1%2B41,1%2B172&ben=1,2,3,4,5,6,... > .. _`pypy 1.4 and cpython > 2.6`:http://speed.pypy.org/comparison/?exe=2%2B35,1%2B172&ben=1,2,3,4,5,6,... > > Cheers, > > Carl Friedrich Bolz, Antonio Cuni, Maciej Fijalkowski, > Amaury Forgeot d'Arc, Armin Rigo and the PyPy team > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > >
