Shuttleworth: Python needs to focus on future(heise-online.co.uk)

17 pointsby edw519vor 18 Jahren6 comments

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Shuttleworth: Python needs to focus on future

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Shuttleworth-Python-needs-to-focus-on-future--/news/111534

3 comments

IMO PyPy is Python's best hope. PyPy can be used to make a new python runtime that supports multiple cores more elegantly.

http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/home.html

vegashackervor 18 Jahren

"Python had missed a chance to in the ninties to become embedded in browsers, an opportunity that went to JavaScript..."

I didn't know this. Does anyone have a reference?

greymanvor 18 Jahren

I don't know about any serious efforts to embed python into browser, but the point is valid. Due to recent Chrome developments, the bright future is with Javascript.

microcapevor 18 Jahren

I think he's talking about this: http://grail.sourceforge.net/

andrewfvor 18 Jahren

Sounds like he's taking a stab at Python's reticence over removing the Global Interpreter Lock.

inklesspenvor 18 Jahren

There's a branch of Python that removed the GIL. On single-threaded stuff, it's slower than regular Python.