PyPy 2.4.0 released
PyPy is an optimized implementation of the Python (2.x) programming
language; the 2.4 release is
now available. As is often the case, performance improvements top the list
of changes in this release. "Benchmarks improved after internal
enhancements in string and bytearray handling, and a major rewrite of the
GIL handling. This means that external calls are now a lot faster,
especially the CFFI ones. It also means better performance in a lot of
corner cases with handling strings or bytearrays." Various bug
fixes and an update to the Python 2.7.8 standard library are included as
well.