Roy Smith wrote: "there's a system called Jython, which lets you compile Java source to Python byte code."
Don't you have that the wrong way 'round? From the Jython website: "Jython is an implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented language Python written in 100% Pure Java, and seamlessly integrated with the Java platform. It thus allows you to run Python on any Java platform." In the case of Jython you could perhaps say that Python bytecode is "exactly like Java". However, in the case of regular Python, it's closer to say that Python bytecode is much the same _idea_ as Java bytecode. Jason -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
