Is anyone using Python for .NET?

yaipa h. yaipa at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 17 02:07:11 EST 2003


> In another year it is possible that Python compiled to IL will be faster
> than CPython in most cases. But it is really hard to say.

It appears that it already does...

   http://www.python.org/~jeremy/weblog/031209a.html

yaipa.h

Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.231.1071616276.9307.python-list at python.org>...
> > Is anyone using Python for .NET?  I mean Brian's version at Zope, 
> 
> I'm using it.
> 
> > Not the experimental ActiveState stuff, which tried to compile IL and
> > apparently didn't succeed.
> 
> Microsoft funded it as a proof of concept. The concept was proven.
>  
> > 1) whether to use it for my C++ / C# / .NET / Python (?) game project.
> > It's a prototype, so in this context a "mostly working beta" is
> > acceptable.  
> 
> A lot of important features (like subclassing abstract classes and
> implementing interfaces) don't work yet. Whenever that has bitten me, I've
> written a simple C# class to help me bridge into Python. 
> 
> > I won't need "ready for prime time" for another year yet.
> 
> In another year it is possible that Python compiled to IL will be faster
> than CPython in most cases. But it is really hard to say.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brian




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