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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Threads across programming languages
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 22:04:37 +0300
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On Sat, 4 May 2024 00:27:53 +0100
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> On 03/05/2024 16:47, Michael S wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 May 2024 17:20:00 +0200
> > Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Am 03.05.2024 um 17:05 schrieb Michael S:
> >>  
> >>> A typical scenario is that you started you python program while
> >>> thinking that it wouldn't e CPU-intensive. And then it grew and
> >>> became CPU-intensive.
> >>> That's actually a good case, because it means that your program is
> >>> used and is doing something worthwhile.  
> >>
> >> I don't think it makes a big difference if Python has a GIL or
> >> not since it is interpreted and extremely slow with that anyway.
> >>  
> > 
> > 64 times faster than slow wouldn't be fast, but could be acceptable.
> > And 64 HW threads nowadays is almost low-end server, I have one at
> > work, just in case.
> > Also, I don't see why in the future Python could not be JITted.
> > Javascript was also considered slow 15-20 years ago, now it's pretty
> > fast.
> > But then, my knowledge of Python is very shallow, Possibly, it's not
> > JITted yet because of fundamental reasons rather than due to lack of
> > demand.
> >   
> 
> PyPy has been around for many years.

I see.
So, why PyPy didn't replace interpreter as a default engine?