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 * ["CPython"] - the reference Python implementation  * [[CPython]] - the reference Python implementation
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 * ["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]]
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 * ["CLPython"] - Python in Common Lisp  * [[CLPython]] - Python in Common Lisp
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 * ["Jython"] - Python in Java for the Java platform  * [[Jython]] - Python in Java for the Java platform
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 * [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~music/aura/serpent-info.htm Serpent]
 * [http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/02/28/tinypy-10-mit-license-and-swell-opengl-demo/ tinypy] - Python in 64K
 * [[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~music/aura/serpent-info.htm|Serpent]]
 * [[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]]
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 * [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://sourcefor
ge.net/projects/shedskin/|Shed Skin]] - a Python-to-C++ compiler
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"[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

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

  • Serpent

  • 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

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

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.

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