CPython vs. Jython/JPython

[Uwe Zessin]

In article <mailman.973093087.5311.python-list at python.org>,
  <jay.krell at cornell.edu> wrote:
> But where Java is available, maybe it provides more value than Python?
> I realize this is debatable, but I tend to believe it.
>
> Really. stdio.h is more portable than Java and Python. The code int
> F() {return 0;} is even more portable, or better yet #if defined
>(__STDC__) || __cplusplus int F() { return 0; } #else F() { return 0;
> }. Portability trades off with features.
>
> And Windows is portable to a huge variety of x86 hardware. People
> don't appreciate Windows's portability..
>
> I guess VAX/VMS and Amiga are the main platforms that host Python but
> not Java?
> And the first is because Java pretty much requires IEEE 754 hardware?

OpenVMS VAX does not have Java (VAX floating point formats predates
IEEE), but recent versions of OpenVMS Alpha do (the hardware supports
both, VAX and IEEE FP formats). However, current versions of (C)Python
on OpenVMS Alpha + VAX use VAX floating point formats, not IEEE.

I don't know if someone has tried the Java-based Python on OpenVMS.

>  ..Jay
>
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