[Tutor] Python does .NET?
Pijus Virketis
virketis@fas.harvard.edu
Tue, 21 May 2002 00:57:05 -0400
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<div>Hi all, </div>
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<div>I have been musing about this a while, but Rob Andrew's=
intro to Jython (good job!) prompted me to put it forth in this=
forum. .NET, as far as I understand it, is all about having a=
common runtime, which all the different languages can use. But=
Python seems to interact with its "colleagues"=
already: you can write C/C++ extensions, pretty much co-opt=
Java, interact with VB through COM objects, and now there is=
even work to turn Parrot from one of the best April 1st jokes=
ever into a real tool. (<a=
href=3D"http://www.parrotcode.org/">http://www.parrotcode.org/</a>=
) Clearly, Python is a glue language par excellence. But perhaps=
there something more here: perhaps the boundaries between all=
the languages will be melting away? How does this compare with=
the .NET project? Maybe Python is dissolving in a soup of other=
languages? ;)</div>
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<div>Cheers and thanks for your opinions, </div>
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<div>Pijus </div>
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<div>-- </div>
<div>"Those who can make you believe absurdities</div>
<div>can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire</div>
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