jython - extending with java

[Jesper Olsen]

Python is a really easy language to use,
but for certain things not super fast.

Hence, it is useful to be able to code certain things
in other languages.

Extending with C is realtively easy,
but how about java?

Is Jython the only way to do this?

I have been looking a little at jython, and am a little 
disappointed with it. The distribution seems to be targeted
mainly towards a WINDOWS platform (and not Linux). 
Also, it is quite slow...

Is anyone using jython? Searching comp.python for jython brings up
only posts; most recent is april 2001.

Cheers
Jesper