If an OS was to be written in Python, how'w it look?

bieffe62 at gmail.com bieffe62 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 08:28:53 EDT 2008


On 6 Ott, 06:16, process <circularf... at gmail.com> wrote:
> If an OS was to be written in Python and the hardware optimized for
> it, what changes would be made to the hardware to accomodate Python
> strenghs and weaknesses?
>
> Some tagged architecture like in Lisp machines?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_architecture
>
> What else?

I would say that a python-processor should have dictionary lookup
(hash tables), garbage collection  and dynamic lists implemented by
hardware/firmware.

Maybe in another twenty years ...

Ciao
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