[Python-Dev] Computed Goto dispatch for Python 2

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:08 AM Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> Wow. Such thread. :-)
>
> This patch could save companies like Dropbox a lot of money. We run a ton
> of Python code in large datacenters, and while we are slow in moving to
> Python 3, we're good at updating to the latest 2.7.
>

Dropbox should be compiling its own interpreter with whatever patches it
deems appropriate. The people it'll save resources for are companies not
enlightened enough to do that: thousands of them, generally small or
non-tech focused :)

The patch is forward and backward compatible.I'm strongly in favor.
>

+1 I'm in favor as well.  I mostly wanted to make sure that people were
aware of profile-opt builds and that it was being compared.  Sounds like
both benefit, even used together.  Win win.

This is a 100% API compatible change.  It just rearranges the interpreter
loop on compilers enlightened enough to allow it.  I was always bummed that
it didn't make it into 2.7 itself.  But given the world+dog is going to
have 2.7 around and kicking for a long time, lets save the world some CPU
cycles (read: carbon) for little effort.  Very practical.  Good for the
world.

People who need to save orders of magnitude more cycles shouldn't use an
interpreter. ie: PyPy. Or consider the costs of moving to a compiled
language.

-gps
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