Jython is Python (2.1) written in 100% Java. It byte compiles to Java and is meant to be a ''scripting language'' for Java (it integrates very nicely with Java libraries). The idea is to write code using Python syntax to manipulate the vast Java libraries.

Compared with [Jacl] and TclBlend, Jython isn't so much a scripting language for Java but a ''different'' language for the JVM. Its sort of like C++ for the C/Unix API.

Why mention Jython here? Well, like Java, it too can be scripted with Tcl (see [TclBlend Roux]).

The funny thing is: Jython is an alternative to the Java syntax, not a scripting solution. TclBlend and [Jacl] for scripting Jython! Oh, my.

-- [Todd Coram]