On Nov 1, 10:37 am, Ant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 1, 6:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > > I would like to know more about Python and Jython? > > What is the difference between both of them? > > What is the future for Jython and which are the areas where it is > > used? > > Jython is an implementation of Python for the Java VM. Currently it > stands as equivalent to Python v2.2, but progress has been rapidly > accelerating over the last year or so, and the next version will > probably be targeted at 2.5 AFAIK. > > Jython also has access to all of the Java standard libraries (or any > Java libraries on the classpath for that matter.) > > Jython is currently significantly slower than Python. > > >From my experience Jython is most typically used as an embedded > > extension/scripting language for Java applications in areas where > rapid development/change is required. This includes such areas as > scripting business logic, writing unit or functional tests etc. Take a > look > athttp://antroy.blogspot.com/2007/04/swing-testing-with-jython-and-jemm... > for an example of how I have successfully used Jython for Swing > testing. More information can be found > onhttp://www.jython.org/Project/index.html > > Cheers, > > -- > Ant.
On Nov 1, 10:37 am, Ant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Jython is currently significantly slower than Python. ... Not according to this : http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/dwatkins/entry/benchmarking_parallel_python_1_2/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
