|
Size: 1498
Comment: Added Serpent and tinypy.
|
Size: 2797
Comment: Moved Serpent into the distinct languages list.
|
| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
| Line 9: | Line 9: |
| * ["CPython"] - the reference Python implementation | * [[CPython]] - the reference Python implementation |
| Line 11: | Line 11: |
| * ["IPython"] and its ["IPyKit"] variant * [http://www.mhuffman.com/resource/index.html Tiny Python] |
* [[IPython]] and its [[IPyKit]] variant * [[http://www.mhuffman.com/resource/index.html|Tiny Python]] - not to be confused with tinypy, below * [[http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/|unladen-swallow]] - "an optimization branch of CPython, intended to be fully compatible and significantly faster" * [[http://code.google.com/p/wpython/|wpython]] - a re-implementation of CPython using "wordcode" instead of bytecode |
| Line 16: | Line 18: |
| * ["CLPython"] * IronPython * ["Jython"] * PyMite * PyPy * [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~music/aura/serpent-info.htm Serpent] * [http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/02/12/tinypy-64k-now-with-built-in-garbage-collection/ tinypy] |
* [[CLPython]] - Python in Common Lisp * IronPython - Python in C# for the Common Language Runtime (CLR/.NET) * [[Jython]] - Python in Java for the Java platform * PyMite - Python for embedded devices * PyPy - Python in Python, targeting several environments * [[http://www.synapse-wireless.com/documents/whte_paper/SNAP_WP_102108.pdf|SNAPpy]] - "a subset of the Python language that has been optimized for use in low-power embedded devices" (apparently proprietary) * [[http://www.tinypy.org/|tinypy]] - a minimalist implementation of python in 64k of code == Closely related but arguably distinct languages == * Boo * [[Cobra]] * [[http://delight.sourceforge.net/|Delight]] - based on the D programming language * [[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~music/aura/serpent-info.htm|Serpent]] |
| Line 26: | Line 35: |
| * [http://members.verizon.net/~olsongt/compyler/index.html Compyler] - an attempt to "transliterate the bytecode into x86 assembly" * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/shedskin/ Shed Skin] - a Python-to-C++ compiler |
* [[http://members.verizon.net/~olsongt/compyler/index.html|Compyler]] - an attempt to "transliterate the bytecode into x86 assembly" * [[http://cython.org/|Cython]] - an optimising Python-to-C compiler, CPython extension module generator, and wrapper language for binding external libraries * [[http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/|Shed Skin]] - a Python-to-C++ compiler * [[http://code.google.com/p/unpython/|unPython]] - a Python to C compiler using type annotations |
| Line 35: | Line 46: |
| "[http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/python_varieties.html Cameron Laird's personal notes on varieties of Python implementation]". | "[[http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/python_varieties.html|Cameron Laird's personal notes on varieties of Python implementation]]". Also of interest will be IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages, which, among other variants, mentions ''embeddings'' of Python in other languages. |
Python Implementations
An "implementation" of Python should be taken to mean a program or environment which provides support for the execution of programs written in the Python language, or some broadly similar dialect of the language.
There have been and are several distinct software packages providing of what we all recognize as Python, although some of those are more like distributions or variants of some existing implementation than a completely new implementation of the language.
CPython Variants
CPython - the reference Python implementation
ActivePython - a CPython variant
Tiny Python - not to be confused with tinypy, below
unladen-swallow - "an optimization branch of CPython, intended to be fully compatible and significantly faster"
wpython - a re-implementation of CPython using "wordcode" instead of bytecode
Other Implementations
CLPython - Python in Common Lisp
IronPython - Python in C# for the Common Language Runtime (CLR/.NET)
Jython - Python in Java for the Java platform
PyMite - Python for embedded devices
PyPy - Python in Python, targeting several environments
SNAPpy - "a subset of the Python language that has been optimized for use in low-power embedded devices" (apparently proprietary)
tinypy - a minimalist implementation of python in 64k of code
Closely related but arguably distinct languages
Compilers
Compyler - an attempt to "transliterate the bytecode into x86 assembly"
Cython - an optimising Python-to-C compiler, CPython extension module generator, and wrapper language for binding external libraries
Shed Skin - a Python-to-C++ compiler
unPython - a Python to C compiler using type annotations
Topic Guides
This page aims to replace one formerly maintained as "Cameron Laird's personal notes on varieties of Python implementation". Also of interest will be IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages, which, among other variants, mentions embeddings of Python in other languages.