[Python-Dev] python compiler

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> 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
>

Not sure if you went to college Michael, but "Windows maintainer" is
not something you can bribe your professors with ;-)

Cheers,
fijal