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A 1024 Byte Python Interpreter

A programmer has successfully created a functional interpreter for a Python-like language within 1024 bytes of source code.

The interpreter was designed to execute a FizzBuzz program using a simplified Python-like syntax. To achieve the small size, whitespace and variable names were minimized, and techniques from code golfing were employed.

Despite its illegible nature, the code supports integer variables and literals, assignment, arithmetic operations, various control structures, functions, and printing.

The interpreter's parser is compact but omits features like bytecode, syntax trees, and error handling. A limitation is that variables must be single lowercase letters, meaning it's not a full Python implementation.

This effort draws parallels to the Obfuscated C Code Contest and highlights the pursuit of extreme code minimization, with Forth also mentioned as a language suited for small implementations.

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