Okay, here's one for the techies among us. Wait, is that an acceptable and entirely politically correct term to use? Techies? I hope I'm not offending anybody, since I'm honestly not implying that your skull is filled with microchips and compressed binary libraries. Not that there's anything wrong with having your head filled with that kind of stuff. Please don't haxx0r me.So, here's one for the technologically enthused among us: Python, that programming language of yore, can now be executed on the DS, thanks to some pioneering folks in the homebrew scene. What does that mean to you? Well, if you're an expert code wrangler, it means you can create some interesting new applications for the DS. If not, it means you can wait for someone to create interesting new applications, download them and show no appreciation whatsoever as you repeatedly complain about some new application you downloaded for your DS. It's a win-win situation!
Warning: The link leads to a page rife with technical jargon, hooplah, buzzwords, microcosms and several lines of code. Proceed at your own risk.
[Via gbadev]
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1-09-2006 @ 7:41PM
Nushio said...
Wow, I'm glad more homebrew news are poping around DS Fanboy. I knew about Python since a while, personally, im waiting for a Java VM (R) to pop in the NDS :P
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1-10-2006 @ 6:08AM
Mr_V said...
Err... there's nothing "of yore" about Python. It's one of the current crop of agile, dynamic programming languages (along with Ruby and a few others) which are seen by many to be the Next Big Thing in the big, bad world of IT.
That said, I don't quite see the point of a dynamic language on a device with only 16K of stack space, apart from a "look, it can be done" demo.
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1-10-2006 @ 7:21AM
Ludwig Kietzmann said...
Of course, Python is "of yore". It's been around for ages (approximately 317,423 years in computer time) and certainly isn't as popular as it used to be. And almost all of homebrew starts out as a "look, it can be done" demo, which later leads to bigger and better things. This is just a start.
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1-10-2006 @ 10:38AM
aparrish said...
I heard Python watches Lawrence Welk. That's just the rumor going around.
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1-10-2006 @ 10:42AM
Mr_V said...
Eh? On whose planet? :-)
Firstly, Python was derived from ABC in 1990. (In fact, it's older than most people give it credit for.)
Secondly, Python usage shows continual long-term growth on the TIOBE index (and any other widely accepted similar classification, I'm willing to bet).
Moving from the objective to the subjective, there's definitely a growing sense that the dynamically (late) bound, "agile" languages are the wave of the future. This particular hornet's nest was recently thoroughly poked when O'Reilly published a book entitled "Beyond Java". It caused quite a few waves on the blogosphere - go have a look.
I'm not saying that the agile languages *are* going to be a Big Thing. They might yet disappear and become an historical footnote. But their battle for popularity still lies ahead; they are by no means yet mainstream (though they're certainly moving in that direction). This is the first time I've seen anyone indicate that their time may be past - are you sure you're not confusing Python with something else? Perl, maybe?
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