I took a look at PyPyJS. I also spoke with some folks at Mozilla, and have become very interested in WebAssembly. I think having WebAssembly as a target for RPython would be very useful. Based on what I've learned recently, it should be possible to write an interpreter in RPython, translate it to C, then use Emscripten to compile that to WebAssembly. However, if there was a WebAssembly backend for RPython, it would be possible to build interpreters than run directly in the browser (potentially even PyPy.). That seems like an avenue worth investigating, doesn't it? I think while doing that, it would be worth getting RPython compatible with Python 3. By the way, these are things I'm thinking about doing myself, not recommendations to any of you. I'm still working on a solid thesis idea for my Master's.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:25 AM Yury V. Zaytsev <y...@shurup.com> wrote: > Maybe you should start by having a look at PyPyJS and then exploring > WebAssembly: > > https://github.com/pypyjs/pypyjs > > Sent from my iPad > > On 9. Nov 2019, at 03:40, yun bao <dayun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm planning to go to grad school for a Master's. I'm thinking about > researching something related to getting Python running in a web browser. > All of the current implementations that allow you to do that either > transpile Python to JavaScript ahead of time, or do some kind of on-the-fly > conversion from Python to JavaScript. I'd like to write an actual Python > engine that will run in the browser. As I've been mulling over this idea, > I read about Pypy. Given my limited knowledge of this domain (programming > language engines that run in the browser) and the exact nature of the > problem, Pypy seems like the best route to achieving this. I'm still very > much in the early stages of fleshing this idea out, and besides the typical > undergraduate Programming Language class, I haven't done much in the way of > programming language design or anything compiler related. So I have A LOT > to learn. But I was hoping some of you who are Pypy experts could give me > a bit of advice on the feasibility of what I'm considering. > > Thank you, > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > >
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