On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:13:45 -0700, "Michael Torrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 12:59 -0700, Bryan Sant wrote: > > Java 6 has been released. woot.
> > Scripting/dynamic language support. The stock JDK comes with > > JavaScript, but you can download Jython, JRuby, Groovy, BeanShell, > > Sleep (perl-ish), BSF, Tcl/Java, JBasic, JScheme and many others. > > These implementations existed before, but now Java has a standard API > > for using scripting languages, so you'll see Tomcat, JBoss, and other > > servers supporting scripting in a generic way so you can choose what > > language you want to use. > > Sadly, Jython seems to have stalled. Do you know if the Jython people > plan to upgrade it to python 2.5? Yeah, Frank Wierzbicki is running Jython now. I don't follow it closely enough to know if there's any ETA for a new release, but Frank does check in code. -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
