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

[Isaac Gouy]

--- On Wed, 4/6/11, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > CPython bugs - How strange that the CPython bug was
> never mentioned! - maybe.
> >
> 
> Ok. The bug was not mentioned because it takes time to
> decide "it's a bug".


I know someone decided "it's a bug" because someone said so in a blog post they pushed out across the blogosphere and proggit and Hacker News and ...

How strange that CPython bug was never mentioned to me!


> Since programs that only compile on GCC clearly
> are.
> >
> > How many C language implementations are shown?
> >
> > How many Python language implementations are shown?
> >
> > If only one Python language implementation was shown
> do you think it would be PyPy ?
> >
> 
> I can't really read your mind, but from my opinion if the
> question is "how fast Python programs can be run" then the 
> answer is Yes.

The Help page says something about showing working programs written in less familiar programming languages.

 
> So the position is that GCC is allowed to use extensions
> because it's the only C implementation shown and PyPy is not,
> because all Python programs should run on each runtime, is that 
> correct?

I don't see a way to compare CPython and PyPy unless the comparison programs do at least run on both CPython and PyPy (and x86 and x64).