Python interpreter in python?

[Steven D. Majewski]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, D-Man wrote:

> 
> The problem with such a thing is that to run your interpreter you
> would need an existing interpreter (written in C/Java or other
> language).  The only languages that can be implemented in themselves
> are compiled languages like C and C++.
> 

That is absolutely untrue!

Lisp and Scheme are frequently implemented in themselves -- a 
'metacircular interpreter' is a fairly typical student exercise. 

I don't know of a Python-in-Python, but I don't know of any reason
you couldn't do one. 

The only question is: how deeply do you want to emulate it? i.e.
are you allowed to use the existing parser module or do you want
to write one from scratch? 

-- Steve Majewski <sdm7g @ Virginia.EDU>