Originally posted by HarryW
Jython isn't such a bad idea. It's just written in Java instead of C, which means it will run on anything with a JVM or a proc with a JVM ISA (lots of things) without recompiling.

Why do you care anyway? Do you use Python?
No..I am not saying Jython is a bad idea..but i say they are simply wasting their time. Python is a interpreted language and not a compiled one (as u know it). Python ....I believe is available in almost all platforms as java is. So why try to make a thing when such a thing is barely needed. Say, Platform x needs a python interpreter why not make something that doesn't need a Jvm to run it ? What about the perfomance issues ? Can JVM Python interpreter perfom better than the Python interpreter for that particular OS/Platform ? There are plenty of projects out there that needs developers. Some of the projects in Sourceforge for example are rarely active.

>>You may chuckle, but there is something called JPE which allows you to use Python modules in Java and Java modules in Python. It can be very useful, although there is a performance hit.

Exactly.. Do you mean the OS in question doesn't have a JVM or a python interpreter. Or you mean there are lack of developers in those languages who can effectively translate the program logic in each other language ??

>> Why do you care anyway? Do you use Python?

We do (at Work)