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Python 3.14 compiled to metal – no interpreter

62 pointsby hamza_q_today at 7:40 PM38 commentsview on HN

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leobuskintoday at 8:39 PM

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).

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getpokedagaintoday at 9:19 PM

>> The project is under heavy active development

Is a pretty oof sentence for a project with one contributor and no users. Just reeks of llm barf with no oversight.

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cuzezzzbbfofaitoday at 8:30 PM

Can it run Numpy and Torch?

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ubercoretoday at 8:18 PM

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.

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RantyDavetoday at 9:11 PM

Don't we have Nuitka for this?

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echoangletoday at 8:33 PM

What happens if you call exec/eval? Are they just not available?

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westurnertoday at 8:20 PM

How does performance compare to RustPython compiled in a similar way?

iLoveOncalltoday at 8:49 PM

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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