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> A custom toolchain compiles a .py file into CPython ByteCode, translates it to a custom assembly, and produces a binary that runs on a pipelined processor built from scratch.

> Runs a subset of Python

What's the advantage of using a new custom toolchain, custom instruction set and custom processor over existing tools that compile a subset of Python for existing CPUs? - e.g. Cython, Nuitka etc?

parent tsukikage 1 year ago

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