注意:与2013年提出这个问题时相比，现在的PyPy更成熟，支持也更好。避免从过时的信息中得出结论。

PyPy, as others have been quick to mention, has tenuous support for C extensions. It has support, but typically at slower-than-Python speeds and it's iffy at best. Hence a lot of modules simply require CPython. PyPy doesn't support numpy. Some extensions are still not supported (Pandas, SciPy, etc.), take a look at the list of supported packages before making the change. Note that many packages marked unsupported on the list are now supported. Python 3 support is experimental at the moment. has just reached stable! As of 20th June 2014, PyPy3 2.3.1 - Fulcrum is out! PyPy sometimes isn't actually faster for "scripts", which a lot of people use Python for. These are the short-running programs that do something simple and small. Because PyPy is a JIT compiler its main advantages come from long run times and simple types (such as numbers). PyPy's pre-JIT speeds can be bad compared to CPython. Inertia. Moving to PyPy often requires retooling, which for some people and organizations is simply too much work.

我想说，这些是影响我的主要原因。

问:如果与CPython相比，PyPy可以解决这些巨大的挑战(速度、内存消耗、并行性)，那么它的弱点是什么?

答:首先，几乎没有证据表明PyPy团队可以解决一般的速度问题。长期的证据表明，PyPy运行某些Python代码比CPython慢，这个缺点似乎深深植根于PyPy。

其次，在相当大的一组情况下，当前版本的PyPy比CPython消耗更多的内存。所以PyPy还没有解决内存消耗的问题。

PyPy是否解决了上面提到的巨大挑战，并且通常会比CPython更快，更少的内存消耗，对并行更友好，这是一个悬而未决的问题，短期内无法解决。有些人打赌，PyPy将永远无法提供一个通用的解决方案，使其在所有情况下都能主导CPython 2.7和3.3。

如果PyPy在总体上比CPython更好，这是值得怀疑的，影响其更广泛采用的主要弱点将是它与CPython的兼容性。还有一些问题，比如CPython在更广泛的cpu和操作系统上运行，但与PyPy的性能和CPython兼容性目标相比，这些问题要重要得多。

问:为什么我现在不能用PyPy替换CPython ?

答:PyPy并不是100%与CPython兼容，因为它没有在底层模拟CPython。一些程序可能仍然依赖于CPython的独特特性，而这些特性在PyPy中是不存在的，比如C绑定、Python对象和方法的C实现，或者CPython垃圾收集器的增量特性。

该网站并没有声称PyPy比CPython快6.3倍。引用:

所有基准测试的几何平均值比CPython快0.16或6.3倍

这是一个与您所做的概括性陈述非常不同的陈述，当您理解其中的区别时，您将至少理解为什么不能只说“使用PyPy”的一组原因。这听起来像是我在挑刺，但理解为什么这两种说法完全不同是至关重要的。

具体来说:

他们的陈述只适用于他们使用过的基准测试。它完全没有说明您的程序(除非您的程序与他们的一个基准测试完全相同)。 这个陈述是关于一组基准的平均值。即使是他们测试过的程序，也没有人声称运行PyPy会带来6.3倍的改进。 没有人声称PyPy能运行CPython运行的所有程序，更不用说更快了。

支持的Python版本

引用Python的禅意:

可读性。

例如，Python 3.8引入了fstring =。

Python 3.8+中可能有其他对您更重要的特性。PyPy目前不支持Python 3.8+。

无耻的自我广告:Python版本的杀手特性-如果你想知道更多你使用旧Python版本时错过的东西

简单来说:PyPy提供了CPython所缺乏的速度，但牺牲了它的兼容性。然而，大多数人选择Python是因为它的灵活性和“包含电池的”特性(高兼容性)，而不是因为它的速度(尽管它仍然是首选)。

注意:与2013年提出这个问题时相比，现在的PyPy更成熟，支持也更好。避免从过时的信息中得出结论。

PyPy, as others have been quick to mention, has tenuous support for C extensions. It has support, but typically at slower-than-Python speeds and it's iffy at best. Hence a lot of modules simply require CPython. PyPy doesn't support numpy. Some extensions are still not supported (Pandas, SciPy, etc.), take a look at the list of supported packages before making the change. Note that many packages marked unsupported on the list are now supported. Python 3 support is experimental at the moment. has just reached stable! As of 20th June 2014, PyPy3 2.3.1 - Fulcrum is out! PyPy sometimes isn't actually faster for "scripts", which a lot of people use Python for. These are the short-running programs that do something simple and small. Because PyPy is a JIT compiler its main advantages come from long run times and simple types (such as numbers). PyPy's pre-JIT speeds can be bad compared to CPython. Inertia. Moving to PyPy often requires retooling, which for some people and organizations is simply too much work.

我想说，这些是影响我的主要原因。