[Python-Dev] python compiler

[Michael Foord]

On 05/04/2010 21:10, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 4/5/2010 10:54 AM, willian at ufpa.br wrote:
>> for a college project, I proposed to create a compiler for python. I've
>> read something about it and maybe I saw that made a bad choice. I hear
>> everyone's opinion respond.
>
> If you want to do something useful, pick an existing project (several 
> have already been named) that intrigues you and work on filling in one 
> of the holes. I can imagine that this might be as educational as, for 
> instance, compiling a toy subset of Python.

The type inferencing algorithm of ShedSkin might be particularly 
interesting to study and improve. They also need a Windows maintainer...

Michael

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