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

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:32:34 -0400
Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The reason why there was no mention is probably because no one
> intimately familiar with Cython was there, and if they were - it was
> not brought up. If Cython supports PyPy - and Jython, and IronPython,
> your proposal makes sense. The reason for "pure" python implementation
> is so that other implementations can share the exact same standard
> library we have today.

Well, realistically, they don't. Some functionality just isn't
satisfied with a slow Python implementation. The io module is a primary
example of that.
(but I don't think a Cython version of io would be fast enough, either)

Regards

Antoine.