Small Python?
Cameron Laird
claird at starbase.neosoft.com
Tue Oct 17 06:44:02 EDT 2000
In article <8sfrda01ven at drn.newsguy.com>,
Armin Steinhoff <a-steinhoff at web_de> wrote:
>In article <39EB2298.5D40A732 at sandqvist.com>, Sam says...
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am quite fond of Python, and use it for several small things... key
>>here is small.
>>
>>Is there anywhere a Minimalist Python? Sort of an adder, instead of the
>>full-blown thing? I would be very interested in having such a beast, a
>>SmallPython...
>>
>>Or failing that, which language is closest to Python - but significantly
>>smaller? Say, 50kb or smaller?
>
> OO + less than 100kb -> http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua
>
>Armin
>
I second the recommendation of Lua. In the absence of
any more qualification, it's your best choice.
What do you mean by 50kb? Is that to include C run-time
modules?
How do you want a language to be close to Python? In
object orientation? "Embeddability"? Syntax hygiene?
I'm surprised no one in this thread--at least the parts
of it I've seen--has mentioned Deeply Embedded Python
<URL:http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/>, SLOPPY <URL:
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=584072314>, or earlier
versions of conventional Python, some of which I remember
as in the 100-200 kb range, including all run-times.
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