Hacker News with Generative AI: Interpreters

Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter (nelhage.com)
About a month ago, the CPython project merged a new implementation strategy for their bytecode interpreter. The initial headline results were very impressive, showing a 10-15% performance improvement on average across a wide range of benchmarks across a variety of platforms.

Python, Performance, Programming Languages, Interpreters

560 points by signa11 1 day ago | 162 comments

Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter (nelhage.com)
About a month ago, the CPython project merged a new implementation strategy for their bytecode interpreter. The initial headline results were very impressive, showing a 10-15% performance improvement on average across a wide range of benchmarks across a variety of platforms.

Python, Programming Languages, Performance, Interpreters

4 points by ingve 1 day ago | 0 comments

A tail calling interpreter for Python (already landed in CPython) (reverberate.org)
It’s been nearly four years since I published Parsing Protobuf at 2+GB/s: How I Learned To Love Tail Calls in C. In that article, I presented a technique I co-developed for how to write really fast interpreters through the use of tail calls and the musttail attribute.

Python, Programming Languages, Interpreters, Performance Optimization

124 points by phsilva 22 days ago | 92 comments

Gh-128563: A new tail-calling interpreter for Python 3.14 (github.com/python)

Python, Programming Languages, Interpreters, Performance Optimization

23 points by rurban 31 days ago | 3 comments

Python Meta Circular Interpreter (2019) (gopinath.org)
A meta-circular interpreter is an interpreter for a language that is written in that language itself. The MCI can implement a subset or superset of the host language.

Python, Programming Languages, Interpreters

47 points by leonry 85 days ago | 8 comments

CJIT – C, Just in Time (dyne.org)
CJIT is a lightweight C interpreter that lets you run C code instantly, without needing to build it first. Just use the executable interpreter: no extra tools, libs, or headers required.

C, Interpreters, Programming Languages, Runtime

12 points by sharjeelsayed 98 days ago | 0 comments

Glojure: Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support (github.com/glojurelang)
Glojure is an interpreter for Clojure, hosted on Go. Glojure provides easy access to Go libraries, similar to how Clojure provides easy access to Java frameworks.

Clojure, Go, Programming Languages, Interpreters, Interoperability

234 points by networked 102 days ago | 68 comments

C, Just in Time (dyne.org)
CJIT is a lightweight C interpreter that lets you run C code instantly, without needing to build it first. Just use the executable interpreter: no extra tools, libs, or headers required.

C Programming, Interpreters, Programming Languages

15 points by jaromilrojo 105 days ago | 7 comments

Golang Interpreter Written in PHP (github.com/tuqqu)

Golang, PHP, Programming Languages, Interpreters

176 points by hu3 199 days ago | 74 comments

Crafting Interpreters with Rust: On Garbage Collection (tunglevo.com)

Rust, Programming Languages, Interpreters, Garbage Collection

243 points by amalinovic 224 days ago | 91 comments

Common Expression Language interpreter written in Rust (github.com/clarkmcc)

Rust, Programming Languages, Open Source, Interpreters

124 points by PaulHoule 242 days ago | 34 comments

My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust (2021) (ceronman.com)