On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Just to clarify, Jython > > 1) is a Python compiler that compiles Python source code into JVM > bytecode (class, jar, whatever) that runs on a standard Java > runtime. Python programs compiled with Jython can call standard > Java libraries and and can call or be called by code written in > Java. > > 2) is a Python compiler that is written in Java. > > AFAK, these are in principal orthogonal. Number 1) is the important > part and does not require that 2) be true. The Jython compiler could > (in theory) be implemented in C, Fortran, or BASH, but there are some > practical advantages to using Java to write a compiler that generates > JVM bytecode.
Indeed. The point of Jython is that it compiles to Java byte-code, putting it on par with languages like NetRexx as alternative ways to create .class files. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
