Probably a dumb question

[Peter Immarco]

Moshe,

How close to Python is JPython, that is, will I spend significant amounts of
time tracking the subtle differences between the two like Sun Java and MS
Java, or will I be blissfully ignorant of the minor difference? :)

Peter.

Moshe Zadka wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Peter Immarco wrote:
>
> > Hi,  still waiting for my two books on Python from Amazon.  I know
> > Python is a full programming language so it can be used on web servers
> > for server side processing, but what about browser side processing?  Can
> > I also use it to create an 'applet' that runs in a compatible browser?
> > I'm guessing not likely because I don't think IE4+ or Netscape
> > Communicator support Python but I'm hoping I'm wrong.
>
> Well, the Time Machine at work once again: they all support Java, and
> Python can run inside JVMs: see http://www.jpython.org
> --
> Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il>
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