Pythonwin and .NET

[Neil Hodgson]

Ron Stephens:

> Mr. Hammond, why is Python on .NET not currently viable? Also, do you
think
> ActiveState will stick with it until it is viable?

   I can't speak for Mark, but my main problem with Python.NET is speed. The
.NET EULA does not allow posting benchmarks but Python.NET is seriously slow
unlike Jython which is comparable to CPython. Currently, if you want to use
Python in a .NET application you may be better off linking to the CPython
interpreter over COM interop.

   Neil