Commit ab13d07f authored by Brett Cannon's avatar Brett Cannon Committed by GitHub

Mention design parameters upfront

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## Overview ## Overview
Grumpy is a Python to Go source code transcompiler and runtime that is intended Grumpy is a Python to Go source code transcompiler and runtime that is intended
to be a near drop in replacement for CPython. The key difference is that it to be a near drop in replacement for CPython 2.7. The key difference is that it
compiles Python source code to Go source code which is then compiled to native compiles Python source code to Go source code which is then compiled to native
code, rather than to bytecode. This means that Grumpy has no VM. The compiled Go code, rather than to bytecode. This means that Grumpy has no VM. The compiled Go
source code is a series of calls to the Grumpy runtime, a Go library serving a source code is a series of calls to the Grumpy runtime, a Go library serving a
similar purpose to the Python C API. similar purpose to the Python C API (although the C API is not directly supported).
## Running Grumpy Programs ## Running Grumpy Programs
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