I think the core devs are doing a fine job with CPython as the reference implementation and developing PyPy takes a different set of expertise; JIT and compilers specifically.
I think sponsorship of PyPy would be welcome -- but it seems non-obvious where that would come from.
Javascript has the fortune of being the language that drives a very important platform -- and Chrome has been a particularly strategic investment for Google to have more control over the web than it ever has before. Java has Android... Python unfortunately doesn't have that sort of standing in any area that I'm aware of.
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I think the core devs are doing a fine job with CPython as the reference implementation and developing PyPy takes a different set of expertise; JIT and compilers specifically.
I think sponsorship of PyPy would be welcome -- but it seems non-obvious where that would come from.
Javascript has the fortune of being the language that drives a very important platform -- and Chrome has been a particularly strategic investment for Google to have more control over the web than it ever has before. Java has Android... Python unfortunately doesn't have that sort of standing in any area that I'm aware of.
Java has much more than Android.
Besides the enterprise space, there are lots of embedded devices running it.
Android doesn't even run the JVM.