purplemyst / epython

EPython is be a toy CPython bytecode interpreter written in Elixir.

EPython

EPython is be a toy CPython bytecode interpreter written in Elixir.

Compiliation

To utilize EPython, you will need the Erlang VM and mix. This README assumes you're utilizing an unix-like operating system, such as Linux or OSX, due to this being not tested on Windows at all.

You can install everything by following the instructions on the official Elixir website.

Then, to compile, you can type this into your shell:

$ MIX_ENV=prod mix escript.build

This will generate an epython executable in the main project directory which you can pass python files to (actual python files, not just bytecode files) as a command-line argument.

Running tests

You can run a variety of tests for the interpreter itself by running ./run_tests.py.