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Jython Reborn

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2008

“Here’s a fun game to play at your next developer cocktail
party. If someone asks you what you’re interested in, tell them
‘Jython.’ Inevitably, their response will be, ‘Jython is dead.’ Six
months ago, I would have agreed, but with recent investment by Sun
Microsystems, it appears that Jython is very much alive and ready
to be used. I’ll spend a little bit of time talking about some
recent Jython history, and then compile the latest revision of
Jython from source and play around with it a bit.

“Jython is one of the many dynamic languages built on top of the
Java Virtual Machine. The Jython project began in 1997. The
original release was written by Jim Hugunin, who worked on it until
1999. Jim currently develops IronPython, the .NET implementation of
Python…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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