[PythonCE] Python CE on a Intel XScale industrial device.

[Lachezar Dobrev]

  Well...

  First thanks for the Active Sync explanation. Reading the mailing
list archives I was left with the impression, that Active Sync was
actually translating the application for the architecture of the
connected device.
  So I found a friend, tricked him into installing Active Sync, and
trying to install the .EXE distribution files. Both the ARM and the
SmartPhone versions failed to install with a similar message.

  Another thing I am not grasping is the difference between ARM,
StrongARM and XScale. Probably wrong, but I thought XScale was
backwards compatible with the ARM processors, however a quick tour
around the Wikipedia hints otherwise...

  Pardon my bluntness, but until recently I had Java on every platform
I had in mind...
  Can someone compile a Python version for an XScale processor? How
does this work? Do I need a Windows host? Is the Python CE compilable
with a GNU toolkit set?

  Like I've said Windows based development is a No-No for us.

2008/7/28, Jared Forsyth <jabapyth at gmail.com>:
> Firstly, the Active Sync method merely automates the copy .CAB/install
> process--you're not missing out in anything.
> The only problem I can thing of is that of your processor: your device runs
> XSale, while I believe the .CABs are compiled for ARM