pyvm -- faster python

[Bengt Richter]

On 11 May 2005 19:48:42 -0700, Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

>Stelios Xanthakis <sxanth at ceid.upatras.gr> writes:
>> I didn't know much about PyPy.  It seems that pyvm is *exactly* what
>> pypy needs to boost its performance.  Does pypy has the vm in python
>> as well?  Does pypy have a compiler that produces 2.4 bytecodes?
>
>Pypy makes native machine code, not bytecode.
I thought they hoped to experiment with many targets, which would presumably
include generating code for different CPUs and VMs in various representations,
not necessarily just machine code via low level C or ASM, but I haven't checked
current status re that.

Regards,
Bengt Richter