The news just got out today: the PyPy (Python in Python) project has gained some funding to strengthen its code base. This is a really good news, as PyPy has been showing steady progress since its inception 5 years ago.

While vast and a bit daunting, PyPy is a very modern, radical approach to dynamic languages (and Python in particular) : the goal is not only to write a Python interpreter in pure Python, but to make the whole language manipulable in Python directly, from the syntax to the object model. Among others, the PyPy project involves Christian Tismer, the author of the very interesting Stackless Python fork, which incorporates extensions to make Python support millions of lightweight threads.

In the end, PyPy is more a dynamic language creation platform than a Python interpreter, as you have the opportunity to intercept and replace any mechanism involved in the language. PyPy can also output C, JavaScript or CLI code, which makes it a nice framework for code generation. I personnally expect good things from LLVM back-end, especially from a performance perspective.

Anyway, I'm excited to see that PyPy is gaining even more recognition and I can't wait for the next release !