CPython vs. Jython/JPython

[Ingo Adler]

Bill de hÓra wrote:

> ANSI C is very possibly more portable than Java.

Really? What are the #ifdefs for in "ANSI C" - Python?

> Raw C written by a good programmer is typically more efficient in space ...

There are benchmarks that show the opposite.

> Java is owned by a company, you have to pay Sun Microsystems a tribute to
> sell Java code.

Is this really true?

I think, Guido made the point in this thread: JPython is used as glue for
Java-Apps and CPython is used as glue in C++-Apps. It's not possible to replace
one with the other (easily) for this purpose .

Ingo