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Python with PalmOS: anything newer than the 1.5.2 PipPy?

Michael Ressler ressler at cheetah.jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Jul 8 18:54:22 EDT 2004 
On 2004-07-05, Lucas Raab <pythongnome at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, if you were going to do that it would possibly require an overhaul of
> the Python library. I mean, you can only fit a certain amount into a memory
> card or the internal memory. And a way for Python to install on your Linux
> PDA just like it does on a PC. Hey,  I'm sure lots of people would run
> Python on their PDA for portable programming. Imagine the possibilities,
> sitting in a traffic jam writing a spur of the moment application. Hmm, this
> could be interesting. I'd say it's definitely viable.

I do this all the time on my Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. Python 2.3 and
numarray-1.0 - all compiled on the Zaurus itself (no, I won't tell you
how long that takes!). A little horsepower for long, cramped flights.

I abandoned my Palm for the Zaurus specifically so I could run a real
Python on my PDA. Pippy just didn't cut it.

Mike
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