On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Shekhar <pytho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Already slashdotted and many of us should already be knowing but could > > not resist posting. > > > http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/google-launches-project-to-boost-python-performance-by-5x.ars > > http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan > > Apart from performance boost there is also mention of removal of GIL. > > Very exciting. > > > > Would love to hear opinions of bangpypers. > > I also > liked their focus on improving cPickle performance, which is an area > that badly needs improvement. > Bingo! It seems like cPickle is fast until you play with something like a recent version of simplejson...now that's fast. And then it's like, boy is cPickle slow. Pretty soon you're jsonifying everything. :)
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