Release Date: end january 2022

Wanted:

• Infrastructure:
  • Python-3.9.9
  • Python-3.10.1
  • PyPy-3.8 (delayed the Winpython 2021-05 for PyPy by one month more)
• major modules:
  • Matplolib-3.5.0 official
  • Spyder-5.2.2
  • numba-0.55 (for Python-3.10)
  • late packages for python-3.10:
    • pyarrow, streamlit
    • (a working) Spyder (thanks to PySide2-5.15.2.1 sudden and un-expected arrival)
    • Not-on-time:
      • Pytorch is for Python-3.10 on WinPython 2022-01
      • forced to use PySide2 on Python-3.10 to have a working Spyder

Focus:

• get Spyder working on Python-3.10 / PySide6, so that it will work on PyPy-3.8 later
• push to increase PyPy3 package list and compatibility (mypy+papermill+opencv coming with PyPy-3.8)
• Machine Learning: Integrated Windows ML, opencv ?

Experiments:

• pyjion-1.1.0: not super great on old PCs, expect 25% speed-up on modern ones ?

Delay from original target of end december 2021:

• 1 month: waited to get Spyder and Numba working on Python-3.10,
• 2 month: waited to get PyPy-3.8-7.3.8

Hopes/Wishes for 2022:

• "speedier python" copetition between teams improves widely Python speed: PyPy , Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, ...
• ... leading to some conventions (or Pep) in CPython code, to help get a 20x speed-up when using these various JITs
  • jit-unaware coding habbit = 3x speed-up
  • small changes = 3x7 speed-up
• a move to bind with rust (or webassembly) rather than c, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyWG_klSAw&t=320s
• help to get a WinPython PyPy-3.9 in Q2 2022, and WinPython PyPy-3.10 in Q4 2022
• push to get problematic packages (numba, Torch, Tensorflow) sooner after a new Python release