**Proposal full title:**
	 
	 The full title of the Proposal is 'PyPy: Researching a highly
         flexible and modular language platform and implementing it by
         leveraging the Open Source Python Language and Community'.

**Proposal acronym:**

	 The proposal acronym is PYPY.

**Strategic Objectives:**
     
     This proposal directly addresses the Strategic Objective
     IST-2002-2.3.2.3 - 'Open development platforms for software and
     services' of the Second Call of the Information Society
     Technologies Workprogramme.

     Our primary Technical objective is to build an open run-time environment
     for the Open Source Programming language Python.  This will
     facilitate the development and production of networked and distributed
     software systems and services, and embedded software.

     Our primary Scientific objective is to investigate novel
     techniques (based on Aspect-Oriented-Programming code generation
     and abstract interpretation) for the implementation of practical
     dynamic languages, breaking the compromise between flexibility,
     simplicity and performance trade-offs and expanding the range
     (small-to-large) of directly supportable runtime platforms.

     Our primary Methological objective is to showcase a novel
     software engineering process, Sprint Driven Development.  This is
     an Agile methodology, providing a dynamic and adaptive
     environment, suitable for co-operative and distributed
     development.


     

**Proposal abstract:**

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