Does python have the capability for driver development ?

[Ethan Furman]

Ben Finney wrote:
> "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig at dcuktec.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>Machine Code:
>>Whatever the machine executes, it could be that the CPU uses an
>>abstraction of microcode to do this but from the perspective of the
>>user, this is all done in the same 'black box'
> 
> 
> This requires, of course, defining what is the machine. Python bytecode
> targets a virtual machine that is implemented differently for each
> hardware platform.
> 
> 
>>Compiling:
>>Translate words/symbols/mnemonics to machine code, which than can be
>>either loaded, linked and executed by an OS or read and executed by
>>the BIOS.
> 
> 
> Related to the above point, the “machine code” can just as easily be
> codes for a virtual machine specification. This is the case for the
> bytecode instructions Python gets compiled to.
> 
> 
>>Interpreted:
>>Instructions which can be fed to a previous compiled program that is
>>able to dynamically change its execution and flow without the need to
>>recompile itself.
> 
> 
> This doesn't make much sense to me, I must say.
> 
> I'd say, instead, that a program is interpreted if its instruction are
> dynamically translated to underlying platform instructions at execution
> time. This is the case for the bytecode instructions interpreted by the
> Python virtual machine.
> 

I would have said compiled is executed by hardware, interpreted is 
executed by software -- but I like your definition better.  :)

~Ethan~