ActiveState going the wrong way

[bowman]

"Neil Benn" <neil.benn at cambridgeantibody.com> wrote in message
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>     Is there a cross-platform serial port driver available in a module in
> Jython (difficult one I know).

Don't know about Jython, but if you strike out there is a Perl
Win32::SerialPort module that I've used successfully across Unix/WinNT.
Perhaps you could use it as a model if nothing else. (another example of
using a language for a particular feature)