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Is there any interest in developing Rpython (Restricted Python) from the PyPy project as a general purpose programming language? Perhaps it could be a fork from the PyPy project. Does such a project exist? Since the programs are compiled, one could simply contribute modules written in Rpython, and it could compete with other python implementations including CPython and PyPy.
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Python and PyPy. The Python language specification is used in a number of implementations such as CPython (written in C), Jython (written in Java), IronPython (written for . NET), and PyPy (written in Python). CPython is the original implementation of Python and is by far the most popular and most maintained.
Python is a computer programming language often used to build websites and software, automate tasks, and conduct data analysis. Python is a general-purpose language, meaning it can be used to create a variety of different programs and isn't specialized for any specific problems.
PyPy comes in two versions: one is fully compatible with Python 2.7; the other is fully compatible with one 3. x version.
Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I personally am extremely interested in using RPython as a general-purpose language. To answer some other people's questions:
Why? Because Cython is a pain to figure out how to use. If you don't put in a lot of tricky type declarations just right, you don't get any speedup. With RPython, it will run fast or it won't run at all.
Using PyPy offers a good speedup, but currently not nearly as much as RPython.
RPython might be a good way to get super-fast, somewhat Pythonic code. Here's an example to help you get started. I'm not aware of any large projects to do this, unfortunately.
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