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PyPy gets a new RISC-V JIT back end
PyPy v7.3.17: release of python 2.7 and 3.10 The PyPy team is proud to release version 7.3.17 of PyPy. This release includes a new RISC-V JIT backend, an improved REPL based on work by the CPython tea
This optimization applies to all Python-integers that fit into a machine word (PyPy optimistically picks between two different representations for int, depending on the size of the value). Since that was the major driver of benchmarks at https://speed.pypy.org, we revamped the site to showcase PyPy3.9, PyPy3.10, and various versions of cpython on the home page. Downstream packagers provide binary builds for debian, Fedora, conda, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Gentoo, and more.
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