Ironpython book?

[Alex Martelli]

John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Alex Martelli wrote:
> > John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> >    ...
> >> Just out of curiosity, is Python.NET a dead project?
> > 
> > AFAIK, it's a long-completed research project. I do not know of anybody
> > planning to fork it to a new project, though that of course does not
> > rule out that somebody might be planning to do so.
> 
> But is IronPython sort of the 'official' .NET implementation of Python
> though? I know there is a difference between the two, but I haven't 
> heard about Python.NET in so long that I thought maybe it wasn't being
> developed/used anymore. IronPython seems to be the equivalent of Jython
> for .NET.

Sure, particularly since both Jython and IronPython are brainchildren of
Jim Hugunin.  But, apparently, we're having communication problems.
Since I say that Python.NET is "a long-completed research project", what
contradition do you find between that and your opinion that "it [isn't]
being developed/used anymore"?  Why should a research project, that was
finished years ago and to which (to the best of my knowledge) no
followup is planned, be "developed" any further?

IOW, although I believe it's absurd to call a research project "dead"
when it's completed, I know of no current nor planned development for
Python.NET.


Alex