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		andybak on Oct 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PyPy gets faster Aside from the rapid performance gains in recent months and the fact that it's twice as fast as CPython...

mikeklaas on Oct 15, 2010 [–]

... in these benchmarks, which are mostly tight-loop math code, from what I understand.

Being a drop-in replacement also includes things like virtual crashproofness, full stdlib support, runs major third-party packages flawlessly, etc.

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