RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython

(blog.python.org)

25 points | by lumpa 5 days ago

1 comments

  • yjftsjthsd-h 47 minutes ago
    > RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython as a tier 3 platform!

    That's significant, but tier 3 is still a caveat. Still allowed to break without blocking anything or being fixed as a priority.

    • jmalicki 33 minutes ago
      Sure, but I had to look:

      Tier1: Windows x64/i686, Linux x64/ARM gcc, Darwin/ARM

      Tier2: Linux x64/ARM w/ clang, Windows ARM, WASM, Darwin/x64

      Tier3 is a pretty low support level, but tiers 1 and 2 is a pretty short list of major commercial platforms. Also even for developers to fix, availability of e.g. RiscV machines in the cloud to reproduce and fix on is still somewhat limited.