[sandGorgon]

Llvm can't be used. I wish it could - http://doc.pypy.org/en/release-2.4.x/faq.html#could-we-use-l...

I'm not sure about your point. There is a new Python version built on Graal, that promises to largely maintain C compatibility (like graal Ruby) and still deliver performance.

I wish Pypy were getting funded by someone and have a lot of respect for what those guys achieved...But the fact remains that it is not bring used. Maybe graal Python can change that.

I used the words "industrial quality" instead of "pioneering" or "innovative". I think it's accepted that the millions of man hours spent on the JVM has made it one of the most incredible VM anywhere - is the defacto foundation on top of which you build big data (spark/hadoop), language theory (scala, closure, kotlin) and a billion mobile phones.