[pypy-dev] a faster Python not a primary goal of PyPy?

[Jacob Hallén]

torsdagen den 15 september 2005 12.42 skrev Martijn Faassen:
> holger krekel wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > PyPy is not primarily - at least not only - about making
> > Python faster although many people like to view it this way :-)
>
> This correction is a bit confusing... It is not surprising that people
> view "a faster Python" as a primary goal of your project, as that's the
> message that's been spread repeatedly by you all over the years:

I think you misunderstand Holger. Making Python faster is _a_ goal with Pypy, 
but it is not _the_ goal. The most important goals, as I see it are to 
produce something that is flexible and which has a clear implementation. 
However, this becomes an academic exercise if we produce something that is 
slower than competing implementations of Python. We want to build something 
that produces actual benefits in real world applications.

Jacob