They forgot step 1 - hire the creator of Python... But seriously, that's an interesting post.
Guido van Rossem recently stepped down from leading the Python project.
How we rolled out one of the largest Python 3 migrations
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#22What happened to their new implementation of Python they were building? I know it was cancelled, but not really why.
Probably because it was 2.7 only, and only 10% faster on Dropbox's code. https://blog.pyston.org/2017/01/31/pyston-0-6-1-released-and...
I'm surprised 10% wasn't enough - 10% bottom-line improvement in programming language implementation is normally massive. Twitter is singing from the roof-tops about 10% improvement in Java performance from the new Graal JIT compiler.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably because it was 2.7 only, and only 10% faster on Dropbox's code. https://blog.pyston.org/2017/01/31/pyston-0-6-1-released-and...
I'm surprised 10% wasn't enough - 10% bottom-line improvement in programming language implementation is normally massive. Twitter is singing from the roof-tops about 10% improvement in Java performance from the new Graal JIT compiler.
I would imagine that for code that is performance sensitive enough that a 10% improvement matters, they would be porting to a language with saner performance instead?
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#28Interesting write-up, though it leaves me terrified how a relatively small, more or less single purpose application like the Dropbox client has over 1 million lines of code in Python alone.
Dropbox doesn't feel that small or "single purpose" to me anymore.
What does the Dropbox client do for me other than syncing files and exposing a bit of the online functionality such as generating share links? (Serious question...)
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dropbox doesn't feel that small or "single purpose" to me anymore.
What does the Dropbox client do for me other than syncing files and exposing a bit of the online functionality such as generating share links? (Serious question...)
We can simply start by asking what does “syncing files” include?
Watching files. Keeping backup of files. Keeping conflicts resolved. Watching Selective Sync files and folders. Watching Smart Sync files and folders. Notifications for synced files. Etc. etc.
There’s way more the client does than what I mention.