Sorry, left out 2 links: IronPython 1.0 Beta 1 <http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3FFamilyID%3D94082D26-E689-4F7F-859B-FEC6DACF3AE8%26displaylang%3Den&siteId=22&oId=2100-3513-6017630&ontId=3513&lop=nl.ex>, which was released at the end of last week, is "well integrated" with the rest of the .Net programming framework and allows all .Net libraries to be "easily" accessed by Python programmers, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft's support for Python could help the software giant attract Unix developers to the Windows platform, as it is a commonly used scripting language on the Unix platform, according to Salim Fadhley <http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.zdnet.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Flegal%2F0%2C39020651%2C39230999%2C00.htm&siteId=22&oId=2100-3513-6017630&ontId=3513&lop=nl.ex>, who develops Python programs for Unix. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 5.10) Linux 2.6.14.4 ^ ^ 23:12:01 up 13 days 12:09 load average: 0.04 0.03 0.03 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
