Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!peer03.am1!peering.am1!npeersf04.am4!fx20.am4.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python box (home-use smart router) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Rhodri James" Organization: The Wildebestiary Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.97.70.240 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: 1401318219 81.97.70.240 (Wed, 28 May 2014 23:03:39 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 23:03:39 UTC Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 00:03:39 +0100 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1735986489 X-Received-Bytes: 2051 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:72199 On Tue, 27 May 2014 08:33:42 +0100, animalize81 wrote: > Home-use smart router is more and more popular. > > If embeds Python into such router, and > develops a framework that has the following features: > > 1, allow power-down at any time > 2, dynamic domain name > 3, local storage support (SD cards or Hard Disk) > 4, telnet server > etc. > > Then we can create micro private server on it. > > Still can't see the full prospect, but it may be a great platform for > people's imagination. > > I think Python is very suitable for such role. Have you met the Raspberry Pi? Seriously, since many such "smart routers" are Linux boxes, there's a good chance there is already a Python interpreter installed and your list of other demands is already met. It's certainly the case in the boxes I work on, and we do use Python for bits of system scripting. We *don't* use Python for application writing because speed and space constraints are usually quite tight, which generally means coding in C for preference (despite my boss's attempts to force me to use C++). -- Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses