Bug#326892: ITP: pypy -- python interpreter implemented in python

[Alexandre Fayolle <afayolle@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alexandre Fayolle <afayolle@debian.org>

* Package name    : pypy
  Version         : 0.7.0
  Upstream Authors : pypy consortium <pypy-dev@codespeak.net> 
* URL             : http://codespeak.net/pypy/
* License         : MIT
  Description     : python interpreter implemented in python

Pypy is a simple runtime-system for the Python language, written in
Python itself. The project targets a large variety of platforms,
small and large, by providing a compilation toolsuite that can produce
custom Python versions. As of release 0.7.0, pypy features:

  * whole program type inference on our Python Interpreter
  implementation with full translation to two different machine-level
  targets: C and LLVM

  * a translation choice of using a refcounting or Boehm garbage
  collectors

  * the ability to translate with or without thread support

  * very complete language-level compliancy with CPython 2.4.1

And more will come in future releases. 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR)