Re: [Jython-dev] Re: re: where to go from here...get the PSF proposal right!

when I say languages, Im meaning languages implemented
in Java or for the JVM.  I have the perception that
there were quite a few of them.  Now specifically Im
saying why should Sun give resources to Jython in
particular when there are other Java/JVM languages out
there.  Why should Jython win when there is JRuby, for
example?

leouser

--- Kent Johnson <kent37@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Leo User wrote:
> > 
> > --- Frank Wierzbicki <fwierzbicki@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>>Somebody recently made the point that Jython gets
> >>
> >>a sort of commercial twang by virtue of its
> >>association with Java. I think this is true and
> can
> >>be leveraged. If we could just get a Sun or IBM or
> a
> >>BEA or a Nokia to donate - not cash - but
> developer
> >>time - to Jython I think that would be a great way
> >>forward.
> > 
> > One weakness with expecting a company to denote
> time
> > to developing Jython is that suddenly all the
> other
> > language implementations would start to expect it.
> 
> > Arguably, since this is the Jython community we
> see
> > ourselves as special and have not problem
> expecting
> > this. :D
> 
> Not sure which languages you are referring to. In
> the Python world, at 
> least, Jython is special by it's *lack* of corporate
> support - Google is 
> allowing GvR to work 50% of the time on Python 3.0;
> Microsoft pays Jim 
> Huginin to work 100% (AFAIK) on IronPython. The
> European Union is giving 
> considerable funding PyPy.
> 
> Kent
> 
> 
> 
>
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