[Python-Dev] some notes from the first part of the lang summit

Thu Feb 18 22:56:10 CET 2010

(http://trentmick.blogspot.com/2010/02/other-python-vms-upcoming-python.html)
Note that this was just from the first 15 minutes or so...
>> Some quick notes about the coming plans by the "other" Python implementations
> from today's Python Language Summit at PyCon 2010:
>> - IronPython:
> - plan is to do Python 2.7 first, focus for this year
> - python 3.2 for the end of next year hopefully
> - other work on IDE stuff
> - Pynie (i.e. Parrot) -- Allison Randall:
> - about 4 major features away from pure Python syntax (did dicts last
> night)
> - targetting py3k repo and test suite: should be on track for python 3.2
> - Jython:
> - plan to target 2.6 (b/c 2to3 depends on 2.6)
> - temporarily skip 2.7 and target 3.x (probably 3.2)
> - then if 3.x adoption isn't fully there, then go back and add Python 2.7
> - will require JDK 2.7 for Python 3 support (b/c of new support for
> dynamic languages)
> - PyPy (Holger):
> - plan is Benjamin will port to Python 2.7 in the summer
> - only have slight deviations from CPython: idea is to merge back with
> CPython so don't have deviations. Typcically 1 or 2 line changes in ~25
> modules.
>
Trent
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