Python and Java

[JKPeck]

Thanks for these suggestions.  To be clear, we already have a Python
2.4 minimum requirement for other reasons, and we are looking for a
long-term solution so that as Python advances, the scripting solution
can keep up in a timely way.

Since the Java code is for a very large, complex application, we need
to bring Python to Java rather than Java to Python.

We will take a look at some of the other ideas.