[pypy-dev] Percentage Python as RPython.

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Anderson, Todd A
<todd.a.anderson at intel.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked before.  I did some searching of the archive
> and didn’t see anything but I might have missed it.
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> I am curious what percentage of real-world Python programs in use are also
> RPython programs.  I know that the FAQ says that the translator is not
> intended for Python programs in general but only for the PyPy interpreter
> itself but I’ve also seen a few mentions (on other sites) of attempting to
> translate Python to C.  I’ve been thinking about adding a backend to the
> translator but would only want to do so if a significant amount of Python
> programs could use it.
>

0 - 0.5% (generally, none. You write programs for RPython in a
different manner).

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> thanks,
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> Todd
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