Sharp Zaurus

sarayu balu

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Jul 17, 2002, 11:32:44 AM7/17/02

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Hi,
Is there any Python, more appropriately Jython, for this PDA ?
Is Jython Open Source ?
Thanks,
SB

Paul Rubin

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Jul 17, 2002, 6:44:03 PM7/17/02

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sarayu balu <sb...@nyx.net> writes:
> Is there any Python, more appropriately Jython, for this PDA ?

I know Python has been ported. I don't know whether Jython has been ported.

> Is Jython Open Source ?

Yes.

Gerhard Häring

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Jul 17, 2002, 6:36:04 PM7/17/02

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* sarayu balu <sb...@nyx.net> [2002-07-17 09:32 -0600]:

> Hi,
> Is there any Python, more appropriately Jython, for this PDA ?

Yes.

> Is Jython Open Source ?

Yes.

Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=python+sharp+zaurus), second hit:

http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/zaurus/index.php

I'm using that package on my iPAQ, too.

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Chris Barker

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Jul 18, 2002, 12:39:59 PM7/18/02

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sarayu balu wrote:
> Is there any Python, more appropriately Jython,

The Zuarus is based on QT-embedded (or whatever they are calling it), so
CPython and PyQT couldbe an opiton too, if someone wants to do the port.

-Chris

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Dave Reed

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Jul 18, 2002, 1:04:13 PM7/18/02

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> sarayu balu wrote:
> > Is there any Python, more appropriately Jython,
>
> The Zuarus is based on QT-embedded (or whatever they are calling it), so
> CPython and PyQT couldbe an opiton too, if someone wants to do the port.
>
> -Chris

Python and PyQt are both available from
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/

They work pretty well - I've written a Python program using PyQt for
my Zaurus just to try it out.

Dave

William Peterson

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Jul 18, 2002, 1:26:51 PM7/18/02

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sarayu balu <sb...@nyx.net> wrote in message news:<10269199...@irys.nyx.net>...

Python has been ported, as another poster says.

For Jython, look at http://www.jython.org/platform.html At the bottom
of the page, while discussing Kaffe, it says that Jython requires a
full JVM and will have problems with a VM that only implements the
PersonalJava subset. I believe this is what you have on the Zaurus, so
it's questionable whether Jython will work there.

Bill

Gerhard Häring

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Jul 18, 2002, 2:02:17 PM7/18/02

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* William Peterson <wpete...@socal.rr.com> [2002-07-18 10:26 -0700]:

There is a StrongARM port of the Blackdown JDK, but AFAIR it requires an
X-Server for GUI stuff. IIRC there _is_ a Java VM that runs on
QtEmbedded on a StrongARM proc, probably it's a commercial one.