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brundolf on Aug 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: RustPython: A Python interpreter written in Rust

Oh. So the libraries are hardcoded to only work with one specific interpreter, regardless of language? That's unfortunate.

rcxdude on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

Pretty much. In principle rust (or any other language) could recreate the interface but it really limits how you could design the interpreter. You either make the interface really expensive or basically just transliterate the CPython implementation into your language.

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