Currently PyPy is working toward compiling to C a restricted subset of Python, called RPython.
Would it be possible for PyPy to "compile" the full subset of Python by also using a lot smaller version of the PVM (Python Virtual Machine) to go with the "compiled" code? So, the user would be running the C object code and also a smaller PVM! Or would this completely remove or severely reduce any speed advantage of the compiled code? Similarly, for JPython (which is at Python 2.2?), could one also use a lot smaller accompanying PVM with the JPython source code and JVM to use Python 2.5 in its entirety? -- Regards, Casey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
