Java Posse #209 - Jython Interview

Jython Interview from the JVM Languages Summit Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com We interview Jim Baker, Tobias Ivarson, Frank Wierzbicki and Phil Jenvey from the Jython team, a JVM implementation of the Python programming language. Jython home page http://www.jython.org/Project/ Frank Wierzbicki's blog http://fwierzbicki.blogspot.com/ New compiler for Jython (Tobias' project) http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2F watch%3Fv%3D7TQAgQ8aZXo CPython http://www.python.org/ Guido Van Rossum http://www.python.org/~guido/ PyCon http://www.python.org/community/pycon/ Python 2.5 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/ Google Summer of Code http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ Python 3000 3.0 is coming http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html JNA - Java Native Access https://jna.dev.java.net/ Relative imports feature in Python http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ PEP0008 - discourages the use of relative imports http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ Python 2.6 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/ http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html Python standard libraries http://docs.python.org/library/ Python ctypes http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/module-ctypes.html Cliff Click on JVM languages http://blogs.azulsystems.com/cliff/2008/09/jvm-language-su.html Lots of CPython choices for GUI creation http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall