Jython-2.0 released

[Tom]

"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote in message
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> [Jython announcement]
>
> "Tom" <nospam at nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > I thought that what existed before was a python enterpreter written in
> Java.
> > But this sounds like a Python compiler.  Is this something new?
> >
> > Tom.
> >
> No. JPython was similar to standard (C)Python in that it compiled to
> intermediate byte codes and interpreted them. The smart part was compiling
> to *Java* bytecodes instead of Python bytecodes. Jython programs can be
run
> by any Java Virtual Machine implementation, and therefore get pretty
amazing
> integration with Java classes. It is possible to have Python classes
> subclassing Java classes, and vice versa.

Looking at this from the point of reference of the Java platform, this was
not, but is now a compiler.

It sounds really good, but it also sounds like a lot of work was involved.

Tom.

> Jython 2.0 is an implementation of JPython which
>
>   a)    Avoids impinging on CNRI's rights to the name JPython, and
>
>   b)    Brings the Python language synatx into line with Python 2.0
>
> although-2.1-is-just-around-the-corner-ly y'rs  - steve
>