Psyco Psyco - Python extension module which can massively speed up the execution of any Python code
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Psyco - Python extension module which can massively speed up the execution of any Python code Psyco is a Python extension module which can massively speed up the execution of any Python code.In short: run your existing Python software much faster, with no change in your source. Think of Psyco as a kind of just-in-time (JIT) compiler, a little bit like what exists for other languages, that emit machine code on the fly instead of interpreting your Python program step by step. The difference with the traditional approach to JIT compilers is that Psyco writes several version of the same blocks (a block is a bit of a function), which are optimized by being specialized to some kinds of variables (a "kind" can mean a type, but it is more general). The result is that your unmodified Python programs run faster.Benefits: 2x to 100x speed-ups, typically 4x, with an unmodified Python interpreter and unmodified source code, just a dynamically loadable C extension module.Drawbacks: At the moment Psyco uses a lot of memory. It will only run on Intel 386-compatible processors (under any OS) right now. There are some other subtle semantic differences (i.e. bugs) with the way Python works; they should not be apparent in most programs.

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