A Python Interpreter Written in Rust

This is wonderful. This could become the best way to move Python projects to Rust: initially just run on the RustPython interpreter, but then optimize low level routines in Rust. In 15 years I wouldn't be surprised if this or something like it surpasses CPython in popularity. Still, no discussion about Python implementations is complete without some mention of the infamous GIL (global interpreter lock). :-) CPython has it, Pypy doesn't (I think) (EDIT: yes it does), Jython doesn't, etc…

One of the awesome things about Rust is how easy it is to build Rust projects. Looking at the readme, it's a simple `cargo run` to compile and run the project. Versus CPython where you have to worry about Makefiles and configuration and third party libraries in your system.

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…

One past thread: A Python Interpreter Written in Rust - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19064069 - Feb 2019 (194 comments)