embedded python?

[Phil Frost]

If you prototype in Python and find the performance to be inadaquate, a
good option might be Pyrex
<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 03:20:45PM +0000, Alexander May wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I love Python!  I've been using it for a couple of years now and have found
> it to be a highly productive language.  I evangelize it to my developer
> friends and am probably responsible for the sale of at least 10 Alex
> Martelli books.  I am now in the fortunate position of being able to use
> Python for a large project, and as such I have a question.
> 
> We are developing a distributed application running on approximately six
> thousand nodes with somewhat limited hardware resources.  Our hardware
> target is 66 MHz ARM style processor with 16 Mb ram.  We haven't selected
> specific hardware yet; the hardware target is what we are trying to fit into
> based on price constraints.  Each device needs to be able to handle about 2
> kbs (yes kilo, not mega) worth of network traffic.
> 
> ...
> 
> In short, is embedding python realistic?
> 
> Thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex