[Python-Dev] V8, TraceMonkey, SquirrelFish and Python

[Steve Holden]

Jesse Noller wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As most of you know there's constant struggle on the JavaScript front to get
>> even faster performance out of interpreters.
>> V8, TraceMonkey and SquirrelFish have brought novel ideas to interpreter
>> design, wouldn't it make sense to reap the best bits and bring them to
>> Python?
>>
>> Has anyone delved into the designs and considered their applicability to
>> Python?
>>
>> Hoping-to-see-some-V8-and-Python-teams-collaboration-in-Mountain-View-ly
>> yours,
>> Mart Sõmermaa
>>
> 
> Hi Mart,
> 
> This is a better discussion for the python-ideas list. That being
> said, there was a thread discussing this last year, see:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-October/083176.html
> 
I am sure this will be included as a part of the discussion at the VM
summit that's taking place as a part of the pre-PyCon activity.

regards
 Steve
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