Is Python worth learning?

[Larry Sherrill]

JPython, when used to add scripting capability to a java application, is a jar file that
acts like any other set of java classes. It lives in the world of the JVM, and is class
loaded like any other java bytes codes. It just happens that these classes implement an
interpreter. As far as speed is concerned, I haven't measured the computational cost of
interpretation, but we are simply using it for building short ad hoc queries (in human
time) that we would not otherwise be able to build. The one thing is has done is to reduce
the amount of time we need to spend debugging problems because now we can examine the state
of our runtime system whenever we like without taking the system down in order to sprinkle
System.out.printlns all over the place.

Larry Sherrill
SynXis

Charles Hixson wrote:

> Larry Sherrill wrote:
>
> > I just added python scripting support to my company's java application via jpython.
> > We can now perform ad hoc queries against our gemstone database using python script
> > that exercises the underlying java classes. I also use jpython to prototype java
> > code and to experiment with java classes on an interpreted basis. The two languages
> > together are very powerful. IMO, learn both.
> >
> > Larry Sherrill
> > SynXis
> >
> > ...
>
> What's the speed of jPython?  I've heard the speed of Java slammed so often that the
> idea of a second layer of interpretation has always scared me off.  But an earlier post
> sounded like jPython went directly to the JVM, so ... That might be a reasonable way to
> go after all.
>
> -- (c) Charles Hixson
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