On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 12:21:56AM -0800, ryan luna wrote: > Hello, i have a question about Iron Python, what exactly does it do? > i know its something about .net but i still dont understand exactly > what it does, To use it do you still write your scripts in the Python > IDLE, or what 0-o,
It's Microsoft's version of Python (written in C#) that runs on top of the .NET Framework, so it can generate .exe files for .NET, among other things. A short demo: D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe IronPython 1.0.2237 (Beta) on .NET 2.0.50727.42 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. >>> print "Hello world." Hello world. >>> ^Z D:\devel\IronPython>type hello.py print "Hello world." D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe hello.py Hello world. D:\devel\IronPython>IronPythonConsole.exe -O -X:SaveAssemblies hello.py Hello world. D:\devel\IronPython>dir hello.exe Directory of D:\devel\IronPython 2006-03-04 20:16 3,072 hello.exe D:\devel\IronPython>hello.exe Hello world. Regards Anderw _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
