It'd definitely be a new code-base. In terms of comparison, I'd guess this uses "cheaper" algorithms, that use less memory, and don't scale as well. There are m

It'd definitely be a new code-base. In terms of comparison, I'd guess this uses "cheaper" algorithms, that use less memory, and don't scale as well. There are many things that CPython does behind the background that most people don't fully appreciate. Edit: Here is a good document on the differences https://github.com/micropython/micropython/wiki/Differences https://github.com/micropython/micropython/wiki/Differences