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Because :doc:`Sorted Containers<index>` is implemented in pure-Python, its
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performance depends directly on the Python runtime. :doc:`Sorted
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Containers<index>` is primarily developed, tested and benchmarked on CPython
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3.6, specifically build:
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Python 3.6.5 (default, Mar 29 2018, 15:37:32)
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[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)] on darwin
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Not all runtimes are created equal. The graphs below compare :doc:`Sorted
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Containers<index>` running on the CPython 2.7, CPython 3.6 and PyPy
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runtimes. The PyPy runtime displays much more variability due to its JIT-ed
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nature. Once the just-in-time compiler optimizes the code, performance is often
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two to ten times faster.
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Containers<index>` running on the CPython 3.6, CPython 2.7, and PyPy
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runtimes. As of Python 3.6 the CPython 3.6 runtime is now faster than the
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CPython 2.7 runtime. The PyPy runtime displays much more variability due to its
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JIT-ed nature. Once the just-in-time compiler optimizes the code, performance
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is often two to ten times faster.
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Performance of competing implementations are benchmarked against the CPython
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3.6 runtime. An :doc:`implementation performance comparison<performance>` is

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