[hwpythonner]

Fair point if you're looking at it through a strict compiler-theory lens, but just to clarify—when I say "runs Python directly," I mean there is no virtual machine or interpreter loop involved. The processor executes logic derived from Python ByteCode instructions.

What gets executed is a direct mapping of Python semantics to hardware. In that sense, this is more “direct” than most systems running Python.

This phrasing is about conveying the architectural distinction: Python logic executed natively in hardware, not interpreted in software.

[franzb]

Wouldn't an AoT Python-to-x86 compiler lead to a similar situation where the x86 processor would "run Python directly"?