▲ | wanderingmind 7 months ago | |||||||
How in the world is pypy faster than cpython by almost 2 orders of magnitude. Is pypy normally faster in other benchmarks. If so, why? Can some python expert pitch in? | ||||||||
▲ | lights0123 7 months ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
PyPy uses just-in-time compilation, so for arithmetic-heavy computations not involving the GC, it should absolutely be faster. | ||||||||
▲ | igouy 7 months ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
"On average, PyPy is 4.4 times faster than CPython 3.7." | ||||||||
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▲ | cuchoi 7 months ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
This is the exact code you would expect pypy to run faster. |