On: It’s time for Python 2.7

[Kliment]

The only thing that I miss on 2.7 is psyco. I support a somewhat popular python app in the open source world, and write a lot of python at the day job, and I usually deploy an executable with bundled python interpreter, and 2.6, because psyco does not work on 2.7, and makes a HUGE difference on 2.6

[bobbyi → Kliment]

Have you tried pypy?

[stock_toaster → bobbyi]

pypy doesn't support gevent/eventlet, as far as I know. :(

Unfortunately, psyco isn't x86_64 compatible either. So if you want to use psyco, you are "stuck" with python2.6 on x86.

[wladimir → stock_toaster]

pypy doesn't support gevent/eventlet, as far as I know. :(

Not yet, indeed. But according to their site they do have a stackless version: "PyPy can be configured to run in stackless mode, providing micro-threads for massive concurrency". This sounds promising, and could be used to implement gevent.

[Kliment → stock_toaster]

When compiling an executable, I use 32 bit 2.6, and the binaries work fine, with psyco even on 64 bit systems.