Small Python?

[Olivier Dagenais]

You want a 50kb minimalistic interpreter?  I'd say you might want to
download the sources and start removing built-ins you won't use, but 50kb is
*really* pushing it.

You can get Gordon's installer scripts (for windows) to produce a
distribution that's about 700kb and _that_ fits nicely onto a floppy.  Or
you get your users to install Python ONCE and then you only have to worry
about the size of your scripts.  I think FREEZE will turn your python
program into a C program, which you can then compile down to whatever size
makes you happy.

my-python-dir-takes-up-38-megs-but-that-includes-documentation-and-lots-of-o
ther-stuff-your-users-wouldn't-need-ly y'rs  :)

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"Sam Sandqvist" <ssq at sandqvist.com> wrote in message
news:39EB2298.5D40A732 at sandqvist.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am quite fond of Python, and use it for several small things... key
> here is small.
>
> Is there anywhere a Minimalist Python? Sort of an adder, instead of the
> full-blown thing? I would be very interested in having such a beast, a
> SmallPython...
>
> Or failing that, which language is closest to Python - but significantly
> smaller? Say, 50kb or smaller?
>
> Cheers,
> Sam Sandqvist
>
>