dwhall, 18.10.2010 15:15:
Python-on-a-Chip Featuring the PyMite VM ======================= [...] Python-on-a-Chip (p14p) is a project to develop a reduced Python virtual machine (codenamed PyMite) that runs a significant subset of the Python language on microcontrollers without an OS.
Do you have any idea of how fast it is compared to CPython when run on a "normal" CPU? Given the size indications of a few KB of required memory, the entire runtime should easily fit into a couple of cache lines of the CPU's L1 cache, which could be quite an advantage, at least for selected use cases.
I assume it also uses unboxed (plain integer/float) arithmetic, right? Does that make a difference?
Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
