Integration with java

[Dan Bishop]

Istvan Albert wrote:
> Joachim Boomberschloss wrote:
>
> >  the code is already written in Python, using the
> >  standard libraries and several extension modules
>
> One thing to keep in mind is that Jython does not
> integrate CPython, instead it "understands" python code
> directly. So if you have a C extension that works with python
> it won't work with Jython.

Also, Jython is several versions behind CPython, so any Python code
that uses generators or new-style division won't work either.

> My feeling is that if you had a lot of Java code written and
> wanted to build on that with python Jython would be a better
> fit than vice versa.

I agree.