Java and Python

[Kragen Sitaker]

Ahmed Moustafa <amoustafa at pobox.com> writes:
> For example, where I work, we have JRE for OS/390 (by IBM). Is there
> a mainframe interpreter for Python? Or, will Jython do?

Jython should do, although I have no experience with it.  I've run the
standard Python interpreter on a 390 (actually a zSeries), but it was
running Linux under VM.

Isn't OS/390 POSIX-compatible these days?  If so, Python shouldn't be
hard to get built on it.  I'd be happy to do it for you.