Re: [Jython-dev] Faking os.chdir

[Frederik De B. <fre...@pa...>]

On 14 Mar 2005, at 13:54, Kent Johnson wrote:

> Frederik De Bleser wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am currently working on an open-source tool for programming 2D 
>> graphics. It is a learning environment where students can use an easy 
>> language (Python) to learn about programming and design.
>> The current version is written in Python itself and works only on Mac 
>> OS X; the new version is written in Java and is cross-platform, using 
>> Jython as a scripting layer, which works great.
>
> I'm curious, could you say what led you to switch from CPython to 
> Jython?

I was using PyObjC to make a Cocoa application, which only ran on OS X. 
To achive cross-platform-ness, I evaluated my options (Tcl/TK / Qt), 
and in the end, chose Java. It is pretty good for fast, responsive user 
interfaces (using Swing), and so far, I am very happy with it.

Regards,

Freeeeee