[pypy-svn] r19455 - pypy/release/0.8.x/pypy/doc
hpk at codespeak.net
hpk at codespeak.net
Thu Nov 3 10:25:22 CET 2005
Author: hpk
Date: Thu Nov 3 10:25:21 2005
New Revision: 19455
Modified:
pypy/release/0.8.x/pypy/doc/release-0.8.0.txt
Log:
refined release highlights to read better/make
make more immediate sense (IMHO).
also mentioned the EU at least once in the release
announcement.
Modified: pypy/release/0.8.x/pypy/doc/release-0.8.0.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/release/0.8.x/pypy/doc/release-0.8.0.txt (original)
+++ pypy/release/0.8.x/pypy/doc/release-0.8.0.txt Thu Nov 3 10:25:21 2005
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
-pypy-0.8.0: Translatable compiler/parser and a bit more speed
+pypy-0.8.0: Translatable compiler/parser and some more speed
==============================================================
-The PyPy development team has been busy working and we've packaged our
-latest improvements and completed work as version 0.8.0, our third
-public release.
+The PyPy development team has been busy working and we've now packaged
+our latest improvements, completed work and new experiments as
+version 0.8.0, our third public release.
The highlights of this third release of PyPy are:
- Translatable parser and AST compiler. PyPy now integrates its own
- compiler based on Python own 'compiler' package and quite some bug
- fixes. The compiler has been ported to interpreter-level, is now
- RPython code, and gets translated with the rest of PyPy. This makes
- using the translated pypy interactively much more pleasant, as
- compilation is considerably faster than in 0.7.0.
-
-- Speed enhancements. Translated PyPy is about 10-20 times slower than
- CPython on pystones (release-0.7.0 was about 200 times slower) and
- our other benchmarks.
-
-- Since 0.6.0, PyPy shipped with an experimental Object Space (the
- part of PyPy implementing object operations and manipulation)
- implementing lazily computed objects, the "Thunk" object space. With
- 0.8.0 this object space can also be translated preserving
- its feature additions.
+ compiler based on Python own 'compiler' package but with a number
+ of fixes and code simplifications in order to get it translated
+ with the rest of PyPy. This makes using the translated pypy
+ interactively much more pleasant, as compilation is considerably
+ faster than in 0.7.0.
+
+- Some Speed enhancements. Translated PyPy is now about 10 times
+ faster than 0.7 but still 10-20 times slower than
+ CPython on pystones and other benchmarks. At the same time,
+ language compliancy has been slightly increased compared to 0.7
+ which had already reached major CPython compliancy goals.
+
+- Some unique experimental features are now translateable.
+ Since 0.6.0, PyPy shipped with an experimental "Thunk"
+ Object Space (an abstraction within PyPy responsible for implementing
+ all Python object operations and manipulation) implementing lazily
+ computed objects and a 'become' operation allowing to morph an arbitrary
+ python object into another one.
+
What is PyPy (about)?
------------------------------------------------
@@ -44,6 +48,8 @@
Python implementation although we do hope and expect it to
become a viable contender in that area sometime next year.
+PyPy is partially funded as a research project under the
+European Union's IST programme.
Where to start?
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