Re: [Jython-dev] Jython 2.1a3 on j2sdk1.4.0beta

[Andrew B. <ab...@fa...>]

john coppola wrote:

 > I would really like to rewrite Zope to run on Java
 > since java has true threads and a bunch of third party
 > software (an really cool one that comes to mind EOF).
 > I have a feeling that a Zope on Java would be far more
 > appealing to consumers since now a whole universe of
 > software is available  Java and Jython have a
 > wonderful interchangebly which is quite amazing.

Interestingly, I attended the recent Washington, DC Zope/Python
User's Group meeting and mentioned that I'm new to both
Python (through Jython) and Zope.  One of the guys from
Digital Creations immediately piped up with "Great!  You
can do the Zope jython port!"  When I quizzed him on whether
there *was* a jython port, he smirked; they seemed to believe
that it was a> unnecessary and b> very hard/impossible,
a> because of their perception that Java is overhyped and slow
and b> because of the complexity of the C code behind Zope.

Isn't that what they said about the feasibility of implementing
JPython, too?

Andy Boyko  ab...@fa...