Porting Python to non-pc platforms (AS/400)

Scott Anderson sanderson at ttm.com
Tue Feb 22 19:49:15 EST 2000


 I have VERY little experience with C (I can recognize a C program 2 out
of
> 3 times. (-:  )   In your opinion, how hard is Python to port?  If I shell
> out the bucks for a compiler, what chance to you give a neophyte C
> programmer of getting it to compile and run?

Considering that the 400 has pretty much a complete POSIX environment,
more than likely a port will mainly consist of figuring out the include
directories and compiler flags.

Regards,

-scott




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