Ironpython book?

Alex Martelli aleaxit at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 19 21:58:09 EDT 2006


John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> > are we talking about two different things here, perhaps ?
> > 
> > the "Python for .Net" tool I'm talking about is an integration tool that
> > lets you use CPython and CPython extensions together with CLR stuff,
> > while IronPython is a pure-CLR implementation of Python.
> 
> Yes, I'm referring to Python for .NET. I might be wrong to call it 
> Python.NET, but I thought I had seen that name as well (unless it really
> *is* something different). And the difference between the it and 
> IronPython, as I understood it, is the same as you described above, so
> I'm sure we are talking about the same thing.
> 
> Sorry for being so confusing! :)

Oh, OK -- I thought you DID refer to the old research project!!!

Yeah, the terms "Python.NET" and "Python _for_ .NET" have sometimes been
used interchangeably in the past, that's true.  Confusing...!


Alex



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