[omaha] Sun put's muscle behind Python and Solaris

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com> wrote:
>  >  So I am delighted to see this.  I've been a big fan of Bray, Leung,
>  >  and Jython for a long time so combining all of them makes it even
>  >  better.  Jython needs this sponsorship -- with it, it will soon catch
>  >  up to Python 2.5.
>  I'll second that.  I haven't had occasion to use Jython yet, but I
>  like knowing that it is there.  I like all of the other
>  implementations too.  The only thing that makes my stomach queasy is
>  watching someone use IronPython and have oodles of nasty looking .net
>  specific code.  It's like putting bicycle tires on a Ferrari.
>
>  Hey Mike, you wouldn't want to give a little talk on Jython at the
>  next meeting would you?

I've used Jython a little to evaluate it. I was surprised at how fast
it was. However I've not tried doing anything resembling a real-world
application with it. I'd be interested in hearing how people have used
it.

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Matthew Nuzum
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