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Python 3.14 compiled to metal – no interpreter

https://github.com/can1357/pon
39•hamza_q_•1h ago

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ubercore•34m ago
I hate to be that guy, but... one week old project, clear signs of vibing. I will be shocked if the remaining work listed (cpython test suite) proceeds in any reasonable timeline.

This is a pretty hard problem to just solve in a week.

EDIT: and man, these kind of comments LLM created comments are really starting to grind my gears as my job slowly turns into reviewing LLM PRs:

> Known gaps at the language level are burned down through the ratcheted floors above — the committed floor files, not this README, are the authoritative compatibility baseline.

baq•26m ago
of course it is vibed.

it doesn't matter as long as it works.

ActionHank•24m ago
That's the neat part, when it's vibed it works, until it doesn't and then it's really hard to make it work again.
kameit00•22m ago
In 12 months… vibe code mess. Or discontinued. Or both.
mcphage•18m ago
Given the stdlib modules listed as "explicitly not done yet", I'm going to say: it doesn't yet, in any meaningful sense. The question then becomes: how confident do we feel that it will work in the near future?
himata4113•20m ago
This is written by fable with the guidance of a very experienced, highly skilled person. See their previous work.
westurner•33m ago
How does performance compare to RustPython compiled in a similar way?
cuzezzzbbfofai•23m ago
Can it run Numpy and Torch?
echoangle•20m ago
What happens if you call exec/eval? Are they just not available?
leobuskin•14m ago
A few problems with this Fable's project:

1. It's not Python by any means, it's a subset with its own runtime, its own quirks and nuances;

2. It will be impossible to maintain parity with CPython without AI assistance;

3. It will die the same way as dozens of similar (even non-AI projects) died before, and reasons will be the same: (1) and (2).

subarctic•10m ago
"Without ai assistance" - ok, but what about with ai assistance?
zahlman•3m ago
For a project like this, relying on AI assistance also makes it effectively dead in the water.
leobuskin•3m ago
It's possible, but we're at the moment when most of us can ask Fable to implement a custom compiler to a custom target for our favorite language, and even use it as a part of custom solution. Why do I need someone else's implementation? Where's the magic in this project? What's the secret sauce?
iLoveOncall•4m ago
Can those AI slop projects have a reserved tag on HackerNews? So many in the past few weeks I wouldn't have clicked and wasted my time on if I knew it was just some vibe-coded garbage.

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