Press Release
July 23, 1998
JPYTHON-1.0 PROVIDES A POWERFUL COMPANION TO JAVA Supports Embedded Scripting, Interactive Experimentation, and Rapid Application Development
Reston, VA -- The Corporation for National Research Initiatives has
announced the release of JPython-1.0. JPython is a freely available
implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented language
Python -- integrated seamlessly with the Java(TM) platform and
certified as 100% Pure Java(TM).
"CNRI is gratified with the positive response to the beta releases of
JPython. We think it is the perfect complement to Java," said Albert
Vezza, vice president of CNRI. JPython is especially well suited for
embedded scripting, interactive experimentation, prototyping
applications, and building any system where programmer productivity is
a primary concern. Its rich integration with Java allows programmers
to freely mix JPython and Java code without giving up any of the
advantages of either language.
"JPython is to Java and JavaBeans what Visual Basic(TM) is to C++ and
Microsoft(TM) COM(TM) objects," said Nathan Sharp of Phoenix
Integration. "The seamless integration easily makes JPython the most
powerful scripting language for Java around."
JPython's integration with Java draws on the strengths of the Java
platform. JPython code can easily access any existing Java libraries
and JavaBeans. The Java virtual machine allows JPython to statically
compile Python source code to Java bytecodes that will run anywhere
that Java does. Through Java's support for dynamic class loading,
JPython can dynamically compile Python code to allow interactive use
while still achieving the performance of a true compiler.
Others are noticing and taking advantage of the power JPython provides
to Java developers:
"Using JPython, we have complete access to our Java-based system
software without writing new interfaces, hooks or wrappers," said Ken
Swisz, Cougar Software Manager at KLA-Tencor Corp. "This gives our
users all the power we can possibly provide at a relatively low
investment in effort for us. The advantage in using JPython over other
choices is tremendous. The language itself is well designed, and its
object-oriented nature makes it a natural fit for Java. I have been
recommending it to other organizations in the company for their use as
a scripting language."
"The first generation of our CASE tool used Tcl as its integrated
scripting language," said Dan Snider, president of Object Domain
Systems Inc. "In developing Object Domain 2.0, we decided to instead
use JPython. The transition was primarily motivated by the desire for
an Object-Oriented scripting language, Python's cleaner syntax, and
JPython's seamless integration with Object Domain's Java-based
framework."
"By providing easy access to the rich Java graphics APIs, JPython is
clearly the number one choice for developers of GUI applications," said
Norman Shelley of Motorola Corp.
Guido van Rossum created the Python language in the early 1990s, and it
has been used successfully in many interesting software projects since
then. Steve Kirsch, the chairman of Infoseek Corp., describes his
experiences with the language: "Over the past 30 years, I've written
code in every major programming language. Python is my favorite
programming language by a wide margin. It's an elegant, well-designed
language that can be learned in a few hours. In addition, the code is
easy to read and large systems are easy to maintain. There is simply no
faster way to develop applications. A skilled Python programmer can, on
average, crank out applications five times faster than a programmer in
more traditional languages."
JPython completely implements the Python language in 100% Pure Java,
and is freely available in both source and binary form. In order to
implement Python's Perl5-compatible regular expressions, JPython
includes the outstanding OROMatcher(TM) regular expression engine
developed by Original Reusable Objects(TM) at
http://www.oroinc.com. By
agreement, this regular expression engine is only distributed in binary
form. JPython can be found at
http://www.python.org/jpython.
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