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[Python-Dev] Re: Prothon on CPython intrepreter? [PROTHON]

Brett C. bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Aug 13 19:26:18 CEST 2004 
Mark Hahn wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:56:05 -0700, Mark Hahn wrote:
> 
> 
>>This CPython->.Net->CProthon roadmap will get Prothon out quickly and slowly
>>ease my wild ideas for the interpreter into Prothon.  It will also make
>>CPython a multiple language VM for the first time.
> 
> 
> I've gotten a cold reception to this idea of implementing Prothon on the 
> CPython interpreter.  Not only did Christian Tismer (and he should know) 
> and others warn me of the technnical challenge I was signing up for, but 
> there wasn't exactly a groundswell of enthusiasm for the idea overall.
> 

Sorry to hear about this.  Hopefully you can end up with a nice enough 
AST for Prothon that targetting other VMs won't be any more difficult 
than just writing walker for the AST.

-Brett
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