I love how easy this is to try out!<p>I use pipenv, so I ran this:<p><pre><code> pipenv shell --python=python3.8
pip install pyston_lite_autoload
</code></pre>
And it worked: I got a small but material speed improvement from a tiny benchmark I ran against my own project: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2022/Jun/8/pyston-lite/" rel="nofollow">https://simonwillison.net/2022/Jun/8/pyston-lite/</a>
See also upcoming Python 3.11 performance improvements<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31642793" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31642793</a>
Any comparison with <a href="https://mypyc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html" rel="nofollow">https://mypyc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html</a> ?
Is there a reason for the use of system() here?
<a href="https://github.com/pyston/pyston/blob/69b190003f14dfd2f6d276f33a23a3715a405bcc/Python/aot_ceval_jit.c#L5028" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pyston/pyston/blob/69b190003f14dfd2f6d276...</a><p>Seems easier to use the C functions to do this, rather than rely on system commands.
With the large performance increases brought by the more recent versions of Python, it's not clear to me that installing this is faster than just upgrading Python. It is more simple though I'll give you that. If it also faster with more recent versions?