[pypy-svn] r80270 - pypy/extradoc/talk/ustour2011

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Thu Feb  3 15:23:38 2011
New Revision: 80270

Modified:
   pypy/extradoc/talk/ustour2011/google-abstract2.txt
Log:
Tweak this version.  Notably, import what I think is one
valid point of google-abstract.txt.


Modified: pypy/extradoc/talk/ustour2011/google-abstract2.txt
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--- pypy/extradoc/talk/ustour2011/google-abstract2.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/extradoc/talk/ustour2011/google-abstract2.txt	Thu Feb  3 15:23:38 2011
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 Authors: Armin Rigo, Maciej Fijalkowski
 # XXX get bios from laura
 
-The PyPy project has gathered recently a lot of attention for its progress
-on speeding up the Python language. In this talk we would like to discuss
-what the PyPy project achieved particularly in the past two years in the area
-of dynamic language interpreters:
+The PyPy project has gathered recently a lot of attention for its
+progress on speeding up the Python language -- it is the fastest,
+most compatible and stable alternative Python interpreter.  We
+will discuss what the PyPy project achieved, particularly in the
+past two years in the area of dynamic (Just-in-Time) interpreters:
 
 * most Python benchmarks run much faster than with CPython or Psyco
-* the realworld PyPy compiler toolchain itself (200 KLocs) runs twice as fast
-* 64bit and ARM are now supported
-* full compatibility to CPython (much deeper and more than Jython/IronPython)
+* the real-world PyPy compiler toolchain itself (200 KLocs) runs twice as fast
+* supports 64bit and (in-progress) ARM
+* full compatibility to CPython (more than Jython/IronPython)
+* full (and fast) ctypes support to call C libraries from Python
+* new "cpyext" layer to integrate existing CPython C extensions
 * fully pluggable Garbage Collection
-* ctypes and new "cpyext" layer to integrate existing CPython C Extensions
-* experimental super-fast JIT-compilation of calls from Python to C++ libraries
+* experimental super-fast JIT-compilation of calls to C++ libraries
+* future work now possible: SWIG and Cython compatibility
 
-We'll also see to briefly highlight project backgrounds like number of
-active developers and funding background to round up the view
-on the project.
+We will also briefly highlight who the active developers are and
+their funding background.