Pyston project open sources its faster Python
Pyston, an alternate version of the Python runtime employing just-in-time compilation and other techniques to speed execution, released a 2.2 version this week with one significant new feature: the full source code, available as an open source project under Python’s original licensing.The goal of the Pyston project is twofold: Produce a drop-in replacement for the standard Python runtime that can speed up existing Python deployments with no additional effort; and make it possible for innovations in Pyston to be upstreamed back into Python itself, if the core Python team chooses to do so.To read this article in full, please click here
Pyston, an alternate version of the Python runtime employing just-in-time compilation and other techniques to speed execution, released a 2.2 version this week with one significant new feature: the full source code, available as an open source project under Python’s original licensing.
The goal of the Pyston project is twofold: Produce a drop-in replacement for the standard Python runtime that can speed up existing Python deployments with no additional effort; and make it possible for innovations in Pyston to be upstreamed back into Python itself, if the core Python team chooses to do so.