> Other than being used to wrap Java classes, what other real use is > there for Jython being that Python has many other GUI toolkits > available? Also, these toolkits like Tkinter are so much better for > client usage (and faster) than Swing, so what would be the advantage > for using Jython? or Is Jython really just so that Java developers can > write Java code faster? >
Just as many on this list, my favorite development tool/language/environment is Python. However as nice as it is, there are many frameworks and business applications that is written and packaged in Java (i.e. X25 comms Libraries, log4J *before* python brought out logging) _OR_ has a Java remote interface that must be accessed (EJB /JMS / RMI etc...) _OR_ has a library you prefer to use of over the python implementation (not a lot of those). Jython allows one to use these packages using ones language of choice :) Thanks Jython -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
