first release of PyPy

[Rocco Moretti]

Alex Stapleton wrote:
> The question still remains, can it run it's self? ;)
> 

I think they try, every once in a while, to self host. The only problem 
at this stage of the game is the ~2000x speed slowdown. Using that 
figure, a five second startup time for PyPy on CPython would take about 
3 hours for PyPy on PyPy on CPython (5s*2000). Running a 1 second (on 
CPython) Python program would take a month and a half for PyPy on PyPy 
on CPython. (1s*2000*2000)

Once they get the speed issue licked, the self hosting problems should 
be no trouble. ;)