Using Java from Python: jpe

[Ype Kingma]

Jesper Olsen wrote:

> Ype Kingma <ykingma at accessforall.nl> wrote in message
> news:<3e30f793$0$128$e4fe514c at dreader5.news.xs4all.nl>...
>> Mongryong wrote:
>> 
>> > Is it possible to write a Python 'c' module that executes Java code?
>> > Or,
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>> > is there a way to integrate Jython with Python without having to spawn
>> > a new process?
>> 
>> You might be interested in the java python extension:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpe
>> 
> So have you used this project, and are you recommending it?

When I tried it (over a year ago), it failed because of some
library problem with my Linux distribution, and I was not
interested enough to go further.

> Something like this would be extremely useful, but the last update to
> jpe seems to be from 2001. I'd say it's dead.

I agree about the usefulness. Declaring it dead without even knowing
how (well) it works is not really fair I think. And with enough
interest it might get some new contributions, which is why
I mentioned it.

Regards,
Ype

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