The Atari ST continues to fulfill a niche in the computing world amongst hobbyists. Porting CPython to the 32-bit Atari platforms and clones introduces a number of challenges related to incomplete Unicode implementation, threading issues, and dealing with shared libraries. The attempt at porting Python 2.7.1 and the addition of an Atari-specific Python extension will be discussed.
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