pyvm -- faster python

[Stelios Xanthakis]

bearophileHUGS at lycos.com wrote:

> This project is probably a LOT of work; maybe people can tell us about
> such efforts *before* doing so much work, so we can discuss it, and
> avoid wasting time.
> 

It is a lot of work indeed.
Usually, when people announce "we shall create X", it doesn't happen.
And you don't know if you can do it at all *before*.


> Maybe you can explain us why it is so fast, and/or maybe you can work
> with the other developers to improve the speed of the normal CPython,
> this can require equal or less work for you, and it can produce more
> long-lasting results/consequences for your work.
> 

The reason is that it's built from the scratch.
Guido would disagree with that, see py-dev thread:

http://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@python.org/msg01225.html


There *are* alternative ways to do some things in the vm and Joel
is simply wrong:)
Could this be .... Python 3000!!!? :)


Stelios