Jython 2.7 alpha1 released

http://fwierzbicki.blogspot.com/2012/05/jython-27-alpha1-released.html

by cobrien • 14 years ago

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r4vik2• 14 years ago

excellent news, I thought Jython was dead.

sigzero• 14 years ago

It languished for a while and then new devs rotated in and there was a flurry of work and then it became just steady.

joshbaptiste• 14 years ago

Far from it, Jython devs continue to attend and present at Pycon. Although these days I've been using Groovy lately for my JVM.next() needs.

cowmix• 14 years ago

Jython was frozen in the 2.2.X state for the longest time but then Frank and his team jumped to 2.5.X a few years ago and its has been a modern Python ever since.

chubbard• 14 years ago

Good to see that this project is still going strong.

kibwen6• 14 years ago

In case any Jython devs are reading this, I'd like to also express my delight that Jython isn't dead. In the next few months I'll be expected to recommend a programming language for a large-scale enterprise project, and while Java--sad to say--seems to be the most responsible choice, I'd like to also have a JVM-compatible scripting language waiting in the wings. Glad to see that I'll have more options to evaluate when the time comes.

mindcrime3• 14 years ago

In the next few months I'll be expected to recommend a programming language for a large-scale enterprise project, and while Java--sad to say--seems to be the most responsible choice

What about Groovy?

kibwen6• 14 years ago

Maybe, I'm still juggling the options in my head. But when I say enterprise I mean enterprise, with all the pejorative connotations thereof. We are not a nimble startup, we are an enormous, established, very conservative company; I'm just the guy who knows all those newfangled languages. This means that, unless someone can convince me otherwise (and if you can, please, please convince me otherwise), Java seems to possess the correct combination of features: mature platform, wide adoption, familiar syntax, readily-available developers, maintainability by those other than the original authors (Java isn't necessarily great at this, but better than many), and a quality that I'll describe only as hard to really fuck things up too badly. If it wasn't for that last requirement, I'd already be trying to sell Python to my boss; as it stands, if I can't find some really awesome static analysis and verification tools for Python, Java is simply the only choice that my conscience allows me to make.

(Corollary: what about .NET? Mostly I'm incredibly wary of recommending a language with only one "blessed" platform, and a proprietary one at that. My bosses are wary of this too: as a result of historical decisions we're currently locked into IBM hardware, writing million-line codebases in RPG-LE. If someone can allay my fears of vendor lock-in (at the hands of no less than Microsoft), perhaps I'll consider it.)

thebluesky2• 14 years ago

You have many options for JVM languages: Scala, Groovy, JRuby etc.

[edit] and many more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages

r4vik2• 14 years ago

don't forget Clojure

wslh• 14 years ago

I love Jython! and for me is the best combination of two rich library worlds. I use it mainly for scaping together with htmlunit

JustinJ70s• 14 years ago

Out of curiosity, anyone know how it's comparing in speed to JRuby? Fantastic work was done on JRuby - you'd hope many of the findings/techniques find their way into Jython.

fwierzbicki• 14 years ago

The Jython team and I collaborate with the JRuby team a fair amount. Some work has begun to use similar techniques in Jython to improve performance, so stay tuned!

pjmlp2• 14 years ago

Many thanks to the Jython developers in case you're reading this.

Jython 2.7 alpha1 released

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