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by pjmlp 51 days ago
CPython current state is more a reflection of resources spent, than what is possible.

See experience with Smalltalk and Self, where everything is dynamic dispatch, everything is an object, in a live image that can be monkey patched at any given second.

PyPy and GraalPy, and the oldie IronPython, are much better experiences than where CPython currently stands on.
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dec0dedab0de 51 days ago
The problem is that AI has been dominating the conversation for so many years, and they'll get more improvements from removing the GIL than they would from adopting the PyPy JIT.

The JIT would help everyone else more than removing the GIL, I wish PyPy became the reference implementation during 2.7

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pjmlp 51 days ago
Actually because AI has been driving the conversation that CPython JIT efforts are finally happening and being upstreamed.

It is also because of AI, that Intel, AMD and NVidia are now getting serious about Python GPU JITs, that allow writing kernels in a Python subset.

To the point that I bet Mojo will be too late to matter.

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