[pypy-dev] pypy on Tim Bray's blog

[Martijn Faassen]

David Cournapeau wrote:
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> Sorry for jumping in, and I hope this is not too OT, but what is missing 
> for a 'real' CPython alternative ?

I'm happy you are jumping in, I think stuff like this should be 
discussed. Perhaps we should start another thread, though.

>     - some bits of the standard library: how much ? Can this be worked 
> on by people 'outside pypy' (by outside, I mean people who know python, 
> who are willing to learn rpython, but who cannot work on the whole 
> translation/gc/JIT/whatever because they are not smart enough, someone 
> like me :) )
>     - some language constructs (my understanding is that the current 
> language supported is python2.4 ?) ?
>     - implementation problems (some things too slow, not backward 
> compatible) ?

I'd say that is correct, in addition of course there needs to be:

* something to motivate people to start using it. I.e. some feature or 
library access or performance benefit.

And (not essential at first, but important nonetheless):

* any easy starting point. I.e. Joe Random Hacker can install the PyPy 
interpreter and get started without a lot of hassle.

Regards,

Martijn