Python for Embedded Devices?

[Brandon]

Java seems to have taken off as the platform and language of choice
for many embedded devices. Would it be feasible for Python(perhaps
running on an embedded version of Linux) to act in such a capacity.
Most of my experience with Python has been with Unix-type scripting
tasks and using it when it is an applications built in scripting, but
I know some people try to use to build larger complex applications. Is
the Python interpreter portable and good enough to be used in resource
constrained devices like cell phones?