[pypy-svn] r18022 - pypy/extradoc/talk/22c3

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Fri Sep 30 22:11:22 2005
New Revision: 18022

Modified:
   pypy/extradoc/talk/22c3/pypy-dev-talk.txt
Log:
Added a paragraph...

Should we mention that some design decisions (e.g. be Stackless) are painful
to write and maintain by hand?


Modified: pypy/extradoc/talk/22c3/pypy-dev-talk.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/extradoc/talk/22c3/pypy-dev-talk.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/extradoc/talk/22c3/pypy-dev-talk.txt	Fri Sep 30 22:11:22 2005
@@ -23,13 +23,18 @@
     PyPy is a reimplementation of Python written in Python
     itself, flexible and easy to experiment with. Our
     long-term goals are to target a large variety of
-    platforms, small and large, by providing a compiler
-    toolsuite that can produce custom Python versions.
+    platforms, small and large, by adapting the compiler
+    toolsuite we developed to produce custom Python versions.
     Platform, Memory and Threading models will become 
     aspects of the translation process - as opposed to
     encoding low level details into a language implementation
     itself. 
 
+    Basically, we think it's a good way to avoid writing
+    n x m x o interpreters for n dynamic languages and m
+    platforms with o crucial design decisions.  In PyPy
+    any one of these can be changed independently.
+
     We are going to briefly describe the concepts of
     object spaces, abstract interpretation and translation
     aspects and how they led us to a first self-contained