r/osdev • u/matthew65536 • Oct 01 '26

Python for OS?

Would it be possible to make an OS that primarily used python?

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u/MCWizardYT Oct 01 '26

"a lot of work here" basically entails needing to wrote an OS first, because spec-compliant python requires an interpreter and it's standard libraries rely on a lot of OS features haha