[Python-Dev] VM and Language summit info for those not at Pycon (and those that are!)

[Stefan Behnel]

Nick Coghlan, 12.03.2011 12:43:
> I posted my rough notes and additional write-ups for Wednesday's VM
> summit and Thursday's language summit:
>
> http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/03/python-vm-summit-rough-notes.html
> http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/03/python-vm-summit-somewhat-coherent.html
> http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/03/python-language-summit-rough-notes.html
> http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/03/python-language-summit-highlights.html

It appears that there has been little mention of Cython at the summit, 
despite of the speed of CPython being a major topic, according to the 
notes. I can see several areas where Cython could help in speeding up core 
CPython, one of the most obvious being compilation of standard library 
modules, and JIT-like compilation of Python modules at import time.

Nick mentioned that there was a discussion of making C-only modules 
available as alternative Python implementations. I'd like to suggest the 
opposite as well: make pure Python stdlib modules optionally compilable to 
fast C code using Cython. The obvious advantages are a) speed and b) a 
single code base for both Python and C modules.

Stefan