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[holger krekel]

Hello Dean!

[Dean Hall Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:40:05PM -0800]
> Hey guys,
> 
> I just joined this list and thought I'd introduce
> myself.  I'm Dean.  How am I doing so far?
> 
> I have a paper that I'm presenting at PyCon2003 about
> PyMite, my from-scratch flyweight python interpreter
> for 8-bit architectures (under development).  The
> reviewer of the paper recommended that I contact this
> endeavor to share/exchange ideas.  So, here I am.
> 
> Rundown of PyMite (prepare to lower your
> expectations): 
> Supports Integers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and Tuples
> [NOT float, long, complex].  Supports the useful 60+%
> of Python 2.0's bytecodes.  Supports modules, classes,
> methods, functions [but not (yet) inheritance,
> varargs, or default args].  It's stackless; has a FAST
> inline native code interface; fits in 15KB of code on
> an Atmel atMega103 8-bit processor; runs fast enough
> to not be a pain.
> On the todo list: hybrid mark/sweep/coloring GC,
> exceptions.
> 
> Source not yet available.  I'll post it on SF by
> PyCon.  It'll be open source, but I'm going to be very
> strict about code submissions because my size
> constraints are insanely small.  Splinter development
> is OK by me (but I doubt anyone else is interested).

No! I am pretty sure there is interest here.  We will
be doing a one-week Sprint from 17th to 23th of February
and would appreciate looking into your source code and
experimenting with it.  At least i would.

One of the features of OpenSource development is 
"unplanned cooperation" and i have seen companies 
as well as individual people beeing surprised by it.

cheers,

    holger