[pypy-dev] Re: Notes on compiler package
holger krekel
hpk at trillke.net
Thu Jan 23 19:16:44 CET 2003
[Jeremy Hilton]
The question I'd really like to ask, which I'll just throw out for
now, is: Why would minimal python want to generate bytecode for the
old interpreter?
[Nathan Heagy]
Is byte-code compatibility a goal of minimalPython? I haven't seen it
mentioned anywhere but everyone seems to be working under that
assumption.
We are working from the known towards the unknown. It is clear
that we want to have a compiler package written in python and if
feasible an appropriate parser. Later on we probably want
to use it to generate *very* different stuff than the current
Python bytecode.
[Nathan Heagy]
As far as alternatives, why don't we target the .net CLI?
Because we don't aim at buzzword compliancy :-) From what
i remember about .net/cli discussions it just doesn't fit
well with python's dynamics. If you know otherwise then
please post more details.
regards,
holger
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