Psyco
| Psyco | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Armin Rigo, Christian Tismer |
| Final release | 1.6
/ December 16, 2007 |
| Written in | C, Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | 32-bit x86 only |
| Type | Just-in-time compiler |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | psyco |
| Repository | |
Psyco is an unmaintained specializing just-in-time compiler for pre-2.7 Python originally developed by Armin Rigo and further maintained and developed by Christian Tismer. Development ceased in December, 2011.
Psyco ran on BSD-derived operating systems, Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows using 32-bit Intel-compatible processors. Psyco was written in C and generated only 32-bit x86-based code.
Although Tismer announced on 17 July 2009 that work was being done on a second version of Psyco, a further announcement declared the project "unmaintained and dead" on 12 March 2012 and pointed visitors to PyPy instead. Unlike Psyco, PyPy incorporates an interpreter and a compiler that can generate C, improving its cross-platform compatibility over Psyco.