[Tutor] Iron Python

[andrew clarke]

On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 12:21:56AM -0800, ryan luna wrote:

> Hello, i have a question about Iron Python, what exactly does it do?
> i know its something about .net but i still dont understand exactly
> what it does, To use it do you still write your scripts in the Python
> IDLE, or what 0-o,

It's Microsoft's version of Python (written in C#) that runs on top of
the .NET Framework, so it can generate .exe files for .NET, among other
things.

A short demo:

D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe
IronPython 1.0.2237 (Beta) on .NET 2.0.50727.42
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>> print "Hello world."
Hello world.
>>> ^Z

D:\devel\IronPython>type hello.py
print "Hello world."

D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe hello.py
Hello world.

D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe -O -X:SaveAssemblies hello.py
Hello world.

D:\devel\IronPython>dir hello.exe
 Directory of D:\devel\IronPython

2006-03-04  20:16             3,072 hello.exe

D:\devel\IronPython>hello.exe
Hello world.

Regards
Anderw