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RustPython: A Python Interpreter Written in Rust

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196 points bovem | 1 comments | 02 Aug 24 15:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.274s | source
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stavros ◴[03 Aug 24 14:18 UTC] No.41146736[source]▶
I don't understand how it's possible that we just randomly come across a project that just casually implements a Python interpreter in Rust. Don't these things take a massive amount of effort? Wouldn't this be making waves much earlier in its development process?

I feel the same way about Ruff, for example. One day it was "black all the things" and the next it's "btw we just reimplemented the entire Python formatting/linting ecosystem in Rust, and it's 100x faster, no biggie".

What's happening? Is it just so much easier to write stuff in Rust that projects like these pop out of people's heads, fully-formed? It boggles the mind.

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1. ufmace ◴[03 Aug 24 18:03 UTC] No.41148146[source]▶
A quick check on the contributors page shows ~8ish heavy contributors working over the course of 6 years and 13k commits. That's a good thing to check for any project you're thinking about integrating with IMO.

That said, my experience has been that adding business features in Rust apps is quite fast indeed!