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Why the interest in PyScript? Pyodide offered something similar and has been around for a lot longer, right?

• jreese 4y ago
  AFAIK, this is the first time that CPython could be directly compiled for WASM (with no patches IIRC), and PyScript adds a number of components for better integrating Python with the DOM, importing extra modules at runtime, as well as a dedicated py-script HTML tag. But I've personally never used either, so maybe I'm missing something too?
  • pjmlp 4y ago
    ActiveState used to have CPython compiled as ActiveX and NAPI about 20 years ago. Naturally it is only cool when WebAssembly is part of the picture.
    • pizza 4y ago
      Widely supported and not now years deprecated is pretty cool
      • pjmlp 4y ago
        It is only deprecated because WebAssembly replaced the plugins APIs, a small detail.
• hansonw 4y ago
  PyScript is built on top of Pyodide! But it's probably the first well-supported way to build frontend apps with it. I imagine the fact that Anaconda is backing PyScript means that there will be increased investment into Pyodide as well.