Python 2.0

[Graham Matthews]

Paul Moore (gustav at morpheus.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I have no problem with an implementation of Python in Java (see
: JPython). But I would never use it (reliance on a JVM, general
: dissatisfaction with Java implementations, etc).

Sure current implementations of the JVM are not the best, but they
are improving and will continue to do so. So the "dissatisfaction
with the Java implementations" objection will disappear more and
more over time.

Paul Moore (gustav at morpheus.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: How would I embed Python in a C application, without a C API? And how
: would I distribute a C application with embedded (Java-) Python to
: machines with no JVM, assuming I don't want to (or don't have the
: capability to) distribute a JVM.
:
: Enough said.

I don't think so. Soon every machine under the sun (pun intended)
will have a JVM. Java has a C calling interface, so you can use that
to embed Python in a C application.

graham
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