Pythonwin and .NET

[Mark Hammond]

Samuele Pedroni wrote:

>>If .NET never has this capability, it will mean that Python itself can
>>only take advantage of Python's features - so why use the .NET
>>implementation of Python at all?
>>
>>
> I don't get this argument. At least it doesn't work for
> Jython and the JVM. If it were true nobody would be using
> Jython. But anybody with the right feeling about when performance
> is important and when not and grasps Jython knows that is is worth
> using in many, many cases ....

No disrespect to Jython, but I am not sure it has revolutionized, or 
made huge inroads into the Java world.  I understand that the Gartner 
Group expects Java to be the most popular language within the next few 
years.  I would be interested to know what percentage of Java users have 
used, or are even aware of Jython.

Then .NET blurs the issue even further - you will need to look no 
further than Microsoft to find JScript, VB, C# and C++ languages that 
target .NET.  Finding Java targetting .NET will be only one link away.

The existing Python implementation already has pretty good COM support. 
  We all thought just a few years ago that these COM capabilities would 
help make Python a serious contender on the Windows platform - but many 
years on, I still shudder to think how few VB programmers in the larger 
corporate shops have even heard of Python.

Mark.