Python and Java

[Ed Jensen]

Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Jython is an implementation of Python that compiles to Java bytecode, 
> but at the moment there's some version lag so it won't handle the mos 
> recent language enhancements. Probably worth a look, though.
> 
>    http://www.jython.org/

Does Jython compile to Java bytecode, or is Jython a Java
implementation of a Python interpreter?