Re:I built a hardware processor that runs Python
by hwpythonner on Monday April 28, 2025 @09:33AM
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Thanks — it’s definitely been incredibly satisfying to see it run on real hardware!
Right now, PyXL is tied fairly closely to a specific CPython version's bytecode format (I'm targeting CPython 3.11 at the moment).
That said, the toolchain handles translation from Python source → CPython bytecode → PyXL Assembly → hardware binary, so in principle adapting to a new Python version would mainly involve adjusting the frontend — not reworking the hardware itself.
Longer term, the goal is to stabilize a consistent subset of Python behavior, so version drift becomes less painful.
Right now, PyXL is tied fairly closely to a specific CPython version's bytecode format (I'm targeting CPython 3.11 at the moment).
That said, the toolchain handles translation from Python source → CPython bytecode → PyXL Assembly → hardware binary, so in principle adapting to a new Python version would mainly involve adjusting the frontend — not reworking the hardware itself.
Longer term, the goal is to stabilize a consistent subset of Python behavior, so version drift becomes less painful.