Python on 64 bit/IA-64 ...

[Paul Jackson]

Slightly off topic, and likely some folks on this thread
are already quite aware of this, but Python is the Scripting
Interpreter of choice for the Extended Firmware Interface (EFI),
which is the BIOS+pre-boot environment Intel and friends are
developing for IA-32 and IA-64 (to replace roughly the classic
BIOS plus minimal DOS boot for basic system admin seen on
old PC's).

See further:

  http://developer.intel.com/technology/efi/toolkit_overview.htm
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/990908-000004.html


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