[pypy-dev] Integrate Clyther into PyPy?

[Armin Rigo]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:08 PM, GW <gw.2013 at tnode.com> wrote:
> I am wondering why is there a proposal to provide only a compatible working
> NumPy CPU implementation for PyPy? Aren't NumPy operations more suited for
> GPGPU (eg. OpenCL or CUDA) and supporting them would result in a greater
> performance boost than just CPU?

PyPy doesn't include a "JIT for NumPy": it includes a JIT for the
whole Python language, which can also work for Python programs that
use NumPy.  As far as I know you cannot run with reasonable
performance a complete, unrestricted Python program on a GPGPU.

Whether PyPy's NumPy will, over time, be extended to also support
GPGPU operations --- and whether this would then benefit from changes
to the JIT subcomponent itself --- only time and volunteers can say.


A bientôt,

Armin.