PalmPilot and python

[Jeff Collins]

I have ported 1.5.1 and am in the process of porting 1.5.2/1.6.  There
are a few problems with porting to the Palm, and the all relate to
memory.  First, on the PalmIII (PalmOS 3.0), there is only about 48K
(roughly 96K total) of usable heap space, a large portion of which the
python VM gobbles upon initialization.  This is improving on the newer
devices, which contain as much as 256K of heap.  The small 4K stack
poses a problem for recursive python algorithms, one I expect to
solve using stackless python.  The tools for porting have improved
since the 1.5.1 port and require many fewer intrusive modifications.

Hoping-to-release-soon-ly yrs,

Jeff



Ben Park writes:
 > 
 > 
 > What prevent python from porting to Palm? Can someone explain it in a
 > way that a non-expert understands?
 > 
 > Palm has at least 2MB of memory. I bought a  Mac SE about 10 years ago
 > with 1MB which functioned beautifully. I still have it in my garage; a
 > component of the video board burned.
 > 
 > 
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