[Python-Dev] Re: native code compiler? (or, OCaml vs. Python)

[Kevin Altis]

> From: Guido van Rossum
>
> > I meant continuing work started by Ping, Jeremy, and you on non-local
> > namespaces (something other than dicts).  Tim's suggestion of optimizing
> > function calls sounds like another good one.
>
> Ah, you mean these:
>
>     - PEP 266  Optimizing Global Variable/Attribute Access  Montanaro
>       PEP 267  Optimized Access to Module Namespaces        Hylton
>       PEP 280  Optimizing access to globals                 van Rossum
>
> Yes, that would be a good idea too.
>
> And I suggest that we analyze pystone (or whatever benchmark we decide
> to use).

Don't forget Marc-Andre Lemburg's pybench

 http://www.egenix.com/files/python/

 http://www.egenix.com/files/python/pybench-1.0.zip

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