[pypy-dev] PyPy in the benchmarks game - yes or no?

[Aaron DeVore]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Joe <qbproger at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I spent my Saturday trying to make PyPy look better in the
> language shootout, I'm leaning towards taking it out.  While a
> comparison between languages may be interesting, maybe having 1
> implementation per language in the shootout would work better.  Then
> there is one target to optimize for.  PyPy and CPython have very
> different performance characteristics.
>
> I feel as though speed.python.org may be a better venue for comparing
> python implementations.  Since the pypy developers have closer ties to
> the Python Core developers and it's been stated they'll have
> influence.  It can be made to be fair for all parties involved.  Since
> all parties will likely be python implementations they can all agree
> on one implementation and use that.
>
> Joe

I heavily recommend keeping PyPy in the Shootout in some form. Even
with the Shootout's flaws, it is nice to have a general idea of how
PyPy compares to both CPython and other languages.

-Aaron DeVore