pyvm -- faster python

[Susan A. Smith]

I have read about parrot.  How is that progressing?

Stelios Xanthakis wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> pyvm is a program which can run python 2.4 bytecode (the .pyc files).
> A demo pre-release is available at:
>     http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~sxanth/pyvm/
> 
> 
> Facts about pyvm:
> - It's FAST. According to the "cooked-bench" benchmark suite it finishes
>   in 55% of the time python takes;)
> - It's SMALL. Currently the source code is under 15k lines with the
>   builtin modules.
> - It's new. Uses no code from CPython.
> - It's incomplete. Not even near the stability and quality of python.
>   It needs A LOT of work before it can be compared to CPython.
>   Moreover, at the time it lacks many things like closures, long numbers
>   new style classes, etc.
> - It's incompatible with CPython. Not all programs run.
> - The C API is incompatible. You can't run C modules (a thin wrapper to
>   make pyvm appear as libpython *could* be possible but not a goal
>   AFAIC)
> - The demo is an x86/linux binary only. You shouldn't trust binaries,
>   run it in a chrooted environment not as root!
> 
> Hope it works!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stelios