[pypy-dev] Does PyPy supports Java ME?

[Jan Wedel]

> Do you have a pointer to documentation or a text that says so? 

Yes :

http://codespeak.net/pypy/extradoc/eu-report/D11.1_PyPy_for_Embedded_Devices-2007-03-26.pdf

> It should be possible with future versions of PyPy to use the 
framework in other ways in the embedded context
> for instance by shipping a restricted version of the interpreter, 
dedicated to the interpretation of a given  
> set of programs.

I think I read something more precise but I couldn't find it anymore.

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Von: holger krekel [mailto:holger at merlinux.eu] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2009 15:17
An: Jan Wedel
Cc: pypy-dev at codespeak.net
Betreff: Re: [pypy-dev] Does PyPy supports Java ME?

Hi Jan, 

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 15:15 +0200, Jan Wedel wrote:
> I was currently working on a port of PyMite (8-Bit MCU port of 
CPython) 
> to Java ME. I already got the interpreter working so that basic Python 

> scripts could run as code images on a mobile java IMP device. Actually 

> we need Python interpreters on different embedded platforms supporting 

> either C or Java ME (IMP). I discovered a lot of problems including 
the 
> missing class implementation of PyMite.
> 
> Then, by recommendation, I found PyPy. It looks as if it is exactly 
what 
> I was looking for and I read that it is specifically designed to 
support 
> embedded platforms. 

Do you have a pointer to documentation or a text that says so?  I 
wouldn't 
see PyPy this way.  However, we do have a pypy-c version that works on 
Maemo and is more efficient for larger amounts of user objects.  We also
have ideas how to reduce RSS size after interpreter startup,
mostly tied to pypy-c so far, though. 

In principle it's also possible to translate RPython to C or JVM 
and avoid interpretation alltogether.  RPython is >50 times faster 
than CPython but less convenient to work with than regular Python 
so only makes sense to consider for special purposes.  And is
probably best learned in collaboration with developers who know 
how to work with it and are willing or paid to help.  

cheers,
holger

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