For those of you using Jython (formerly called JPython) with VisAD (or
otherwise), you might be interested in this announcement. We are continuing
our VisAD scripting development based on this implementation.
> From: bckfnn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Finn Bock)
> To: jython-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: jython-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jython-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> jpython-interest@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:12:20 GMT
> Subject: [Jython-users] Jython-2.0 released
>
> I am happy to announce the release of Jython 2.0.
>
> Jython is a Java implementation of the Python programming
> language. It allows users to compile Python source code to
> Java byte codes, and run the resulting bytecodes on any Java
> Virtual Machine. It is a very seamless and smooth
> integration with Java: from Python you have complete access
> to all Java libraries, can build applets, can integrate with
> Java beans, and can subclass Java classes in Python and vice
> versa. Like Python, and unlike Java, Jython can also be
> used interactively: just type some Jython code at the
> prompt and see the results immediately.
>
> A java installer is available for download at the Jython website:
>
> http://www.jython.org/
>
> Installation is started by running the installer class. Further
> information and tips on installation is available at:
>
> http://www.jython.org/install.html
>
> Jython 2.0 is feature compatible with Python 2.0 and among the
> new feature are:
>
> - Augmented assignment, e.g. x += 1
> - List comprehensions, e.g. [x**2 for x in range(10)]
> - Extended import statement, e.g. import Module as Name
> - Extended print statement, e.g. print >> file, "Hello"
>
> A complete list of changes and differences are available here:
>
> http://www.jython.org/NEWS.html
>
> Bugs can be reported to the bug manager on SourceForge:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=12867
>
> Cheers,
> the jython-developers
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Tom Whittaker (tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center
Phone/VoiceMail: 608/262-2759
Fax: 608/262-5974
