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Iwan van der Kleyn

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Oct 31, 2002, 1:47:59 AM10/31/02
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Hi there,
I'm busy sketching the broad outlines (pre-design) of a java-based
middelware componment for a customer. Functionional requirements demand
a scripting component and I would like to choose Jython. However, the
latest release of Jython has been nearly a year ago, the site doesn't
look very up to date and CVS on sourceforge has about 4 commits in 2002.
So I'm definitely left with the impression that as a project Jython is
dying. I hope I'm wrong , so could anyone fill me in about the
"condition" of Jython? Does it have a future?

Regards,

Iwan

Gerhard Häring

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Oct 31, 2002, 1:59:40 AM10/31/02
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Iwan van der Kleyn wrote in comp.lang.python:
> [...] the latest release of Jython has been nearly a year ago, the

> site doesn't look very up to date and CVS on sourceforge has about 4
> commits in 2002. So I'm definitely left with the impression that as
> a project Jython is dying. I hope I'm wrong , so could anyone fill
> me in about the "condition" of Jython? Does it have a future?

Just FYI: there's also a Jython list for this kind of questions.

-- Gerhard

Stuart D. Gathman

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Oct 31, 2002, 7:49:13 AM10/31/02
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:47:59 -0500, Iwan van der Kleyn wrote:

> So I'm definitely left with the impression that as a project Jython is
> dying. I hope I'm wrong , so could anyone fill me in about the
> "condition" of Jython? Does it have a future?

The Jython mailing list is quite active - discussing the best way to
implement Python2.2 features such as generators. This is non-trivial
because Jython works by compiling to Java bytecode. The Python2.1
compatible release has been exceptionally stable - if it ain't broke,
don't fix it.

WRT Java scripting - while Jython is hands down the best full featured
dynamic scripting language for Java, if you want something with a very
small foot print, excellent Java integration, and simplicity, look at
Pnuts.

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Stuart D. Gathman <stu...@bmsi.com>
Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Confutatis maledictis, flamis acribus addictis" - background song for
a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial.

Ype Kingma

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Oct 31, 2002, 2:55:28 PM10/31/02
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Iwan van der Kleyn schreef:

> Hi there,
> I'm busy sketching the broad outlines (pre-design) of a java-based
> middelware componment for a customer. Functionional requirements demand
> a scripting component and I would like to choose Jython. However, the
> latest release of Jython has been nearly a year ago, the site doesn't
> look very up to date and CVS on sourceforge has about 4 commits in 2002.

Have a look in the subdirectories of
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/jython/jython/org/python/
and count again. You might be off by a factor 10 or so.

Regards,
Ype


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