Python VM on a Chip?

[Paul Prescod]

Jim Brennan wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> Has anyone ever considered doing the same kind of thing with the Python
> VM?  Is it even possible since the data types of Python are late
> binding?  Does anyone know of a commercial or university project that is
> implementing a Python VM using ASICs or FPGAs?

The data types aren't a problem. It isn't clear (to me) what the benefit
of the project would be. Python code can already run in a lot of
embedded systems through x86 compatibility and JVM compatibility. A
dedicated chip might give better performance, but compiling Python to
x86 would probably give even better performance.

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