Re: [Jython-users] One Laptop Per Child and Jython ?

[Steve L. <lis...@ar...>]

Hi Claude,

> some arguments to run Jython & Java6 under the OLPC platform:

Is your point that CPython isn't "enough" and that Jython would add =20
value to the OLPC? If so, I'm not sure I agree. As Jason apparently =20
pointed out at the bottom of your post, Python is already playing a =20
big part i OLPC, see:

http://blog.ianbicking.org/olpc-python.html
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Python_Environment

> . Jython & Rome package  (see Jython newsletter Oct/2007) is an =20
> elegant way to  do syndication
>   of podcast  links though RSS.  A cheap MP3 player is a very =20
> interesting tool to complement the
>   OLPC as the hardware cost of a tiny MP3 player is lower as a =20
> single printed book. Its robust, its
>   portable and its a rewritable storage media, cost +- USD20 per unit.

Haven't checked out Rome, but  django (for example) offers a very =20
easy/cheap RSS syndication framework

> . Java allows to run small scale web servers (for ex. Jetty6 =20
> package). Its about  authoring of digital
>   contents and build a school Intranet for collaboration. Again =20
> Jython makes a difference to
>   produce dynamic contents.

"Lighter" than lighttpd? http://www.lighttpd.net/

> . Allows to teach database programming including SQL.

Any better than something like a CPython + sqlite combo? sqlite =20
support, btw, is built into python2.5

> . Swing offers a great interface to build visual GUI=B4s, for example =20=

> for physics and math labs.

Not sure I agree. Check out the NumPy/SciPy/matplotlib "trinity" ... =20
enthought also has some interesting/innovative gui stuff in their =20
"traits" package as well.

For things "comparable" to Swing, we have wxPython (and others), =20
seems as if the OLPC is using their own "Sugar" (http://=20
wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar) which is GTK based.

-steve