[Jython-users] Re: [Jython-dev] Jyton presentation.

[Jan W. <j.w...@sc...>]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 10:31:08AM +0200, Roman Yakovenko wrote:
> Hi. I am using python for my programs for 6 month. Our company product
> client part written in Visual Basic 6.0. (Something realy big)
> Now my company searching for Java programer in order to port our produc=
t
> to run under WEB browser. As for me I'de like Jython instead of
> Java. So my question is: could you point me to some resources or
> projects or examples or something that will help me to convince to use
> Jython instead of
> Java. And if so where can we get support ?
At first, I think your request would be better in jython-user, since ther=
e are
more people there who are using jython. I have cc'ed jython-user on this =
mail.

Secondly, I know of no publicly available larger jython projects. I mysel=
f am
using jython for GUI development with swing, but this is nothing I would =
display
now.

Arguments for using jython over java could be derived from arguments for =
Python
itself. Like dynamic typing, functions as first class objects, etc... see
www.python.org. The Java integration is really very good, so its easy to =
use
java classes from jython and also possible to use jython classes from jav=
a.

More information on jython can be found on www.jython.org and in two fort=
hcoming
jython books, one from new riders (Jython for Java Programmers), should b=
e out
now and Essential Jython from O'Reilly, announced for spring.

Cheerio,
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