Shuttleworth: Python needs to focus on future

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Shuttleworth-Python-needs-to-focus-on-future--/news/111534

by edw519 • 18 years ago

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andrewf• 18 years ago

Sounds like he's taking a stab at Python's reticence over removing the Global Interpreter Lock.

inklesspen• 18 years ago

There's a branch of Python that removed the GIL. On single-threaded stuff, it's slower than regular Python.

vegashacker• 18 years ago

"Python had missed a chance to in the ninties to become embedded in browsers, an opportunity that went to JavaScript..."

I didn't know this. Does anyone have a reference?

microcape• 18 years ago

I think he's talking about this: http://grail.sourceforge.net/

greyman• 18 years ago

I don't know about any serious efforts to embed python into browser, but the point is valid. Due to recent Chrome developments, the bright future is with Javascript.

dazzawazza• 18 years ago

IMO PyPy is Python's best hope. PyPy can be used to make a new python runtime that supports multiple cores more elegantly.

http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/home.html

Shuttleworth: Python needs to focus on future

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