Pymothoa: JIT'ing Python Over LLVM

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Pymothoa: JIT'ing Python Over LLVM

Here's another interesting open-source project that's leveraging LLVM to do some interesting things with the Python programming language...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDQ

[wizard69]

Cool but it still sounds like it is a bit invasive.

This one might be worth following. I do hope it has greater longevity than some Python compiler strategies.

[allquixotic]

This will be great, what with LLVM being known for its performance and all.

[drag]

Unladen swallow appears to have been abandoned for a while now.

http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/

Release history:

2009Q1: 1 April 2009
2009Q2: 13 July 2009
2009Q3: 20 October 2009

The one that is actually relevant would be PyPy, which has been under active and continuous development.

http://speed.pypy.org/

On _average_ it's 5.42x faster then CPython.

[dnebdal]

There's also Cython, which seems somewhat similar: It can be used on straight Python, but benefits from adding type identifiers. It's not JIT, though - modules have to be compiled to be used (though it can be done as needed on import).

Seems fairly active, too - their github page has daily commits.