| ▲ | wyldfire 5 days ago | |
A python VM that consumes bytecode might be doable in not-ludicrous-amounts of C. Not 500 lines I suppose. But something manageable I think? Especially if you targeted the older releases. | ||
| ▲ | jonjacky 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
In the CPython reference interpreter, that VM can be found at https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Python/ceval.c It's 3619 lines. It's explained in this 515 line file: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/ For comparison, there is a pure Python bytecode interpreter, its VM is here: https://github.com/nedbat/byterun/blob/master/byterun/pyvm2.... It's 1043 lines. | ||