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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by badsock on Monday May 23, 2016 @10:32AM (#11754076)
Lambda can run arbitrary executables, including a Python3.5 interpreter. Admittedly it's a little silly to have a Py2 script that does nothing but start up Py3, but it's better than cutting and crippling, I'd bet.
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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by balls187 on Monday May 23, 2016 @12:42PM (#11754966)
> Lambda can run arbitrary executables

Linux executables.

During re:Invent 2015 there was talk about supporting a windows runtime environment.

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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by scrollaway on Monday May 23, 2016 @01:50PM (#11755514)
Well if it can run arbitrary executables, it can run Wine!

:)

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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by OJFord on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:02PM (#11755600)
What is the definition of "Linux executable" that excludes `python3`? Builtins?
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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by balls187 on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:18PM (#11755725)
???

Arbitrary Executables = Arbitrary Linux Executables.

Since Python3 runs on linux, you can invoke python3 scripts.

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Re:AWS Lambda Is Not Ready for Prime Time by OJFord on Monday May 23, 2016 @03:01PM (#11756009)
Oh, sorry, I agree. I thought you were disagreeing with parent; saying "it doesn't run arbitrary executables, it only runs linux executables".

Although actually, I see what you mean now. D'oh. Windows was so far out of my mind I wasn't even thinking of it as a distinction to be made.

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