From Python to PLT Scheme

This paper describes an experimental embedding of Python into DrScheme. The core of the system is a compiler, which translates Python programs into equivalent MzScheme programs, and a runtime system to model the Python environment. The generated MzScheme code may be evaluated or used by DrScheme tools, giving Python programmers access to the DrScheme development suite while writing in their favorite language, and giving DrScheme programmers access to Python. While the compiler still has limitations and poor performance, its development gives valuable insights into the kind of problems one faces when embedding a real-world language like Python in DrScheme.