porting python to embeded devices

Paul Rubin phr-n2002a at nightsong.com
Fri Apr 12 19:04:50 EDT 2002


"akhar" <akhar at videotron.ca> writes:
> Has anyone ported Python to embedded devices? I heard of the deeply embedded
> python porject but the link is dead. What would it take to port python to an
> embedded platform (whether be it the mc68hc11 or PICs)?

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.




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