It is certainly unusual. Device drivers usually require a lot more speed than an interpreted (even with psyco) language can deliver. However, python can do all the requisite things, and for a touch screen, which certainly doesn't need all that much speed, I can't see why not.
How 'bout letting the rest of see it when its done? Should be wierd enough to make an example of... >From: "Matthew Sherborne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I've been thinking of writing a device driver in python. > >Some people say this is ridiculous. > >I used psyco to improve the speed, and now have a program that does the >device driver's job (a proprietry touchscreen driver) in user mode. > >Now, I have no idea how to make the python exe or dll run in kernel mode. I >wonder if there are some special api calls that need to made. > >I'm downloading WinDriver. I hope this can help me. > >Does anyone not think this is a crazy thing to do? > >Why not use python for a device driver? > >I just see it as python dll is the driver, and the .py file are like >permanent configuration file for it. > >Comments Appreciated >Matthew Sherborne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kickme.to/exuyangi http://exuyangi.home.attbi.com/ ICQ: 76799701 _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
