Psyco
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Psyco is an unmaintained specializing just-in-time compiler for pre-2.7 Python originally developed by Armin Rigo and further maintained and developed by Christian Tismer. Development ceased in December, 2011.[1]
Developer(s) | Armin Rigo, Christian Tismer |
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Final release | 1.6
/ December 16, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-16) |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Python |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Platform | 32-bit x86 only |
Type | Just-in-time compiler |
License | MIT License |
Website | psyco |
Psyco ran on BSD-derived operating systems, Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows using 32-bit Intel-compatible processors. Psyco was written in C and generated only 32-bit x86-based code.
Although Tismer announced on 17 July 2009 that work was being done on a second version of Psyco,[2] a further announcement declared the project "unmaintained and dead" on 12 March 2012 and pointed visitors to PyPy instead.[3] Unlike Psyco, PyPy incorporates an interpreter and a compiler that can generate C, improving its cross-platform compatibility over Psyco.