What does HackerNews think of graalpython?
A Python 3 implementation built on GraalVM
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Python
Not true. They're is GraalPython, which is for Python 3 and supports also native code extensions.
We are working on a Python runtime as well: https://github.com/oracle/graalpython
Isn't this what the GraalVM [1] guys are also trying to do? Seems like today the competition is between who is more polyglot than the other, JVM, CLR or WASM.
You might be interested in PyPy, GraalPython, Mypyc, and Nuitka.
1: https://github.com/oracle/graalpython
That's right, we will be able to cut it down in the future. Let me explain why:
1. Enso compiler bases on GraalVM which is 400Mb (packed)[1].
2. The package contains GraalVM implementations of Python[2], R[3], and JavaScript[4] compilers, which weight 150Mb, 70Mb, and 50Mb respectivelly.
3. The package contains OpenCV library, as Enso has built-in bindings for it, which is 200Mb.
4. The rest (approx 200Mb) are core Enso libraries and tooling.
We will be able to cut it down in the future as soon as we release Enso Marketplace which would allow you to install these things on-demand.
[1] https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/tag/vm...
[2] https://github.com/oracle/graalpython
The python JIT that promise to get the highest throughput once maturity reached is https://github.com/oracle/graalpython
GraalPython describes itself as “an early-stage experimental implementation of Python”.