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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:39:07 +1100
Subject: Re: Micropython?
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On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> http://www.micropython.org/
>
> Has anyone used this?  Know anything about it?  I don't remember seeing
> any mention of it here.  I remember there was a stripped down Python
> some years back that didn't work very well, but I think this is
> different.  I just came across it by accident.  Thanks.

It's a rare thing: an alternative Python implementatin that targets
Py3 instead of Py2. I haven't been following the project lately
(largely because I don't use microcontrollers), but it's something
that should be encouraged, just on the basis of Python version.

ChrisA