Python and the need for speed
Steve D'Aprano
steve+python at pearwood.info
Sat Apr 15 20:40:25 EDT 2017
On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:37 am, bartc wrote:
> What proportion of Python implementations depend on executing byte-code?
My guess is 100%.
Pretty much all modern interpreters of any language execute some form of
byte-code or another. The bad old days where interpreters repeatedly parsed
and executed each line of source are long gone.
PyPy generates some sort of byte-code, with a JIT compiler to generate
machine code on the fly for sufficiently "hot" code.
IronPython uses byte-code for the .Net virtual machine.
Jython uses byte-code for the Java virtual machine.
CPython uses byte-code for its own virtual machine.
There was a project for a Python interpreter for the Parrot VM, but I think
that's no longer in development.
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Steve
“Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure
enough, things got worse.
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