Can Python be written in Python?

[Andrew Henshaw]

Skip Montanaro wrote:

> 
>     Michael> However, mostly when people talk about languages being
>     Michael> "faster", they mean something completely different. If you
>     look Michael> at something like the Great Computer Language Shootout
>     Michael> (http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/) you'll see people
>     Michael> comparing the SAME algorithm written in different
>     Michael> languages. (see
>     Michael> http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/method.shtml#sameway in
>     Michael> particular).
> 
> I don't know what the GLCS submission methodology is, but perhaps someone
> running a Psyco-compatible platform could run these tests and submit them.
> 
> Skip

I tried Psyco on the Shootout's Sieve and Heapsort implementations.  For 
Sieve, I got about a 30x speedup; for Heapsort, I got a 9x speedup.  Both 
of these results would put Python very close to the Java results.

I haven't submitted these tests -- his 'News' page states that he has frozen 
the shootout and no updates are planned.

Andy Henshaw