porting python to embeded devices

[Gerhard Häring]

* Steve Lamb <grey at despair.dmiyu.org> [2002-04-12 23:11 -0000]:
> On 12 Apr 2002 16:04:50 -0700, Paul Rubin <phr-n2002a at nightsong.com> wrote:
> > I'd say it's hopeless or at least impractical.  Those processors are
> > much too constrained to run Python.  It would be like trying to run an
> > SQL database on them.  Python has many virtues but being able to run
> > on very tiny processors isn't one of them.
> 
>     What about something like the Zaurus SL-5500?
 
It runs fine on it, and I'm currently using Phil Thompson's Python 2.2
and PyQt packages that he built for the Zaurus on my iPAQ running opie.

These devices both have a StrongARM processor running at 206 MHz (only
software floating point, though) and between 16 and 64 MB of RAM. So
they're quite well equipped for a handheld ;-)

Gerhard
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