With Pyjion on the way from MS and the Python core devs declaring if it works they'll make the API changes[0] to connect CPython3 to an external JIT like Pyjion changes the game.<p>The window is closing to declare PyPy the successor to CPython2 before Python3 finds a way to steal the thunder and more people migrate from Python to new languages like Go or Python3.<p>PyPy is a fantastic piece of technology that should take the forsaken mantle of Python2 for itself. Just needs a few political moves. PyPy is pure technological innovation. Python3 is pure technological churn and pure politics.<p>You guys deserve the money and fame that will come with being the successor to Python2. Do it and good luck!<p>[0]<a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Pyjion" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Microsoft/Pyjion</a>
Is this the remaining major hurdle toward getting mega-libraries like SciPy, pandas, and BioPython to work? Or will the C API in PyPy always be less performant than CPython?<p>If more people start using PyPy for ad-hoc data analysis, it could help nudge it out of its niche into the mainstream.