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Pyvorin vs CPython

What changes and what stays the same when you compile with Pyvorin.

Published May 30, 2026

What Changes

  • Hot functions run as native machine code
  • Type guards may cause deoptimisation
  • Unsupported features fall back to CPython

What Stays the Same

  • Import system
  • Memory management (refcounting)
  • GIL behaviour
  • Exception semantics