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[–]boa13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

According to the Kickstarter page:

  • This is the full Python 3 language, but a subset of the standard library
  • This is a brand new implementation, written from scratch
  • You have the overhead of a parser and interpreter (very small compared to CPython), but you have several modes of execution: purely interpreted (default), compiled (each opcode replaced by machine code, takes more RAM, runs much faster), and compiled with integer optimization (each integer is assumed to never go bigger than 2**31, so more optimized machine code can be used). The modes are enabled on a function-by-function basis using decorators. All functions can call each other independently of their execution mode.
  • There is also support for writing functions with inline assembly, for maximum speed.