Re: Python and stdwin port to the Amiga?

Ty Sarna (tsarna@endicor.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1993 17:50:39 CST

> Hi Folks,
>
> Is there a port or is anyone planning to port python and/or stdwin to
> the Amiga?

A straight port is pretty easy, but to really be useful, the python
interpreter needs to be in a .library and needs to be able to able to
import other modules in .library's as ARexx does. This quickly get's
complicated -- Python's implementation just doesn't fit well on the
Amiga. Things like calling exit() from inside a shared library are a
pain. I hacked on it some before DevCon but I've been very busy since
and have half given up. If someone gets a nice port done I'd love to see
it though.

Lately I've been toying with ideas for a semi-pythonesque compiled
language aimed particularly at high-performance concurrent
network-distributed OO programming.

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Ty Sarna	       "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from
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