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Now I'm actually curious to find if I can l...

2011-12-24T10:21:50.444Z
Now I'm actually curious to find if I can leverage actual product libs from jython, which would open some interesting perspectives.

Common sense dictates that, if they're written in Java, you should be able to. I don't know how well Jython plays with features such as generics or enumerations, just to mention two newcomers from the Java 5 old days (Java 7 shipped some weeks ago, you know), but maybe you won't even have to worry about it if Jython shields you from the annoyances of the underlying static strong typing world.

I've ended up writing some 500 LOC in Jython, ...

2011-12-24T09:19:23.565Z
I've ended up writing some 500 LOC in Jython, because I've found that basically all products ship it, hidden away in a common folder. It is an old version (2.2) but this wasn't much of a challenge: the only thing I'm missing is the logging module (in stdlib since 2.3, and the third-party package that supports 2.2 and earlier seems to rely on a C library, which doesn't work under jython 2.2), and there's an odd message printed to stdout whenever I write to a file, but apart from that, it's ok.

Now I'm going to introduce some advanced checks using httplib and sockets, if I find any trouble I'll simply drop the latest jython.jar. Now I'm actually curious to find if I can leverage actual product libs from jython, which would open some interesting perspectives.

The current Jython is still stuck at Python 2.5 co...

2011-12-23T20:46:19.203Z
The current Jython is still stuck at Python 2.5 compatibility. If you can live with that, then more power to you.

I'd be tempted to revamp some very basic and rusty Scala skills or learn Clojure (some kind of Lisp/Scheme dialect or equivalent: I reckon you may be interested and leverage that Lisp book I don't remember the title of that's been sitting on your desk for quite some time now) but in the end I think I'd probably go with JRuby. When I got faintly interested in broadening my knowledge of JVM languages a couple of years ago, I remember to have been under the impression of it being quite solid and up-to-date with language features, and I believe it's still like that.

Hi Giacomo, I work for DZone.com and I found your...

2011-12-21T17:38:53.061Z
Hi Giacomo,

I work for DZone.com and I found your blog today and I wanted to let you know about some opportunities to feature you as an active Python community member. Shoot me an email at mpron [at] dzone [dot] com and I'll tell you more.