In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) writes: >> Yes and no. Python could thrive for the next decade while >> utterly surrendering the small-and-embedded domain to Forth, >> Lua, Tcl, Scheme, and so on, so, no, there's no *need* for a >> TinyPython. On the other hand, yes, there are at least several >> of us with an interest and occasional opportunities for Python >> in such applications. > >I think we should see what happens with PyPy, which might be easier to >target at embedded platforms than CPython is. Main thing needed would >be a static compiler--I haven't followed PyPy enough to know if it >relies on having Psyco at runtime.
PyPy indeed presents exciting prospects. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
