CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
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Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#2I've been hoping to come across something like this ever since Pat Shaughnessy's Ruby Under a Microscope (http://patshaughnessy.net/ruby-under-a-microscope). This looks fantastic!
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#3Looks interesting.
Pedagogically, I wonder what the tradeoffs for using Python are. I haven't looked at it, in part because I've heard comments to the effect that it's a big hairy mess inside.
On the upside, students have a better chance of actually needing the knowledge than with Lua, for instance.
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#4Looks interesting. Pedagogically, I wonder what the tradeoffs for using Python are. I haven't looked at it, in part because I've heard comments to the effect that it's a big hairy mess inside. On the upside, students have a better chance of actually needing the knowledge than with Lua, for instance.
[author here] it's not too bad, actually; i mean there's the usual hairiness of anything implemented in C, but the interpreter doesn't try to do much in terms of clever optimizations, so the code base is fairly readable for a production-grade system. check it out!
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#5Looks interesting. Pedagogically, I wonder what the tradeoffs for using Python are. I haven't looked at it, in part because I've heard comments to the effect that it's a big hairy mess inside. On the upside, students have a better chance of actually needing the knowledge than with Lua, for instance.
[author here] it's not too bad, actually; i mean there's the usual hairiness of anything implemented in C, but the interpreter doesn't try to do much in terms of clever optimizations, so the code base is fairly readable for a production-grade system. check it out!
I actually have it open, and so far, it's not as much as I thought.
Still, the interpreter I've previously looked at is Lua, so it's a lot bigger.
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#6Awesome! I have been trying to find something like this for Lua or Perl
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#7P Guo is a Guy Steele level thinker and lecturer. This is good stuff, pay attention.
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#8P Guo is a Guy Steele level thinker and lecturer. This is good stuff, pay attention.
100% agree. He writes very incisive articles. He also created the online Python Tutor!
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#9I love this walkthrough! I've been going through it except with the python 3 interpreter.
Re: CPython internals: Codewalk through the Python interpreter source code (2014)
#10seems like his resume updates automatically, or did he just happen to update it and repost it on the day this link was posted? (October 31, 2015) http://pgbovine.net/philip-guo-cv.pdf