Re: Python for the Playstation 3

[Terry Reedy]

Blubaugh, David A. wrote:

I was wondering if there is still a community effort to develop Python
for Linux distributions for the Sony Playstation 3?? I have found a few
WebPages stating this effort to port Python in such a way to take
advantage of the Cell architecture within the playstation? However, all
of these WebPages are severely dated back as far as 2005-2006, with
absolutely no additional activity since that time. I believe these
WebPages are now abandoned. Is there any interest within the Python
development team to port the Python language to the cell processor?? If
not, I could try!! Anyone else interested in developing the playstation
3 into a powerful supercomputer for the common individual??? I am also
interested in developing clusters of playstations for HPC by taking
advantage of Python's support for RPC and MPI!

2.6/3.0 have a new multiprocessing package with an interface more or
less identical to the threading module. The purpose, obviously, is
enable easy movement from t. to mp. to take advantage of multiprocessor
machine. So this seems a timely idea. But I don't have a Playstation
-- yet.
tjr

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Terry Reedy wrote:

machine. So this seems a timely idea. But I don't have a Playstation
-- yet.
tjr

have you priced them recently? I just looked and they are $200
less than the last time I looked -- eeks! Now _I_ want one!