python + java for web development?

[Gerhard Häring]

* eugene kim <eugene1977 at hotmail.com> [2002-09-15 08:36 +0000]:
> [...] since java passes objects , not just strings among servlets and
> jsps i'm wondering if it is possible to mix java and other language..

Did you check out Jython, yet? http://www.jython.org/

Jython is an alternative Python implementation that runs on a Java
Virtual Machine. Consequently, you can call Java class libraries from
Jython, and the other way round.

> how python can interact with these servlet/jsp..?

Jython can be used to write servlets and with some determination, you
can even use it as a language for JSPs [1].

Of course, CPython is very well suited for web development, too. I'd
even prefer it, since you don't have to touch Java, then ;-)

-- Gerhard

[1] That's a little hard, though, it involves using BSF and some tag
library from the Jakarta project, plus patching BSF to use Jython
instead of JPython, Jython's predecessor).