Python's biggest compromises

[Robin Becker]

In article <viibo7t45unv83 at news.supernews.com>, John Roth
<newsgroups at jhrothjr.com> writes
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>High performance isn't Python's target. If PyPy ever gets their act
>off the ground, then we will have a shot at a good quality JIT
>interpreter. Then watch it fly.
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.... doesn't psyco already attempt to do JIT? It certainly doesn't
speed things up that much. If all the variables are known to be of a
specific type then you could expect C like speeds from a good JIT, but
without global analysis it's hard to see how we infer/guarantee python
types. 
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>John Roth
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>> Anthony
>> http://xminc.com/anthony
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Robin Becker