first release of PyPy

[Paul Rubin]

beliavsky at aol.com writes:
> > PyPy is really awesome and if it succeeds in speed demands after the
> > translation phase I believe that the project will shift the power
> > within the Python community on the long run.
> 
> Could you please explain this statement? Who will gain power, and who
> will lose it? Are you suggesting that CPython and PyPy developers are
> competing?

I interpreted it to mean that it would bring power into the Python
community from outside, e.g., Python would become more competitive with
other languages that are currently beating it on performance.