[SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Rowling, Jill
http://click.unixreview.email-publisher.com/maaaUNDaaWzQQa46tLbb/ It's not April 1 yet but Unix Review sent me this reference to a new book on jython. Man, the way things are going with languages, /usr/bin is going to have to be the biggest partition in any Linux system! (closely followed by

Re: [SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Stuart Guthrie
I'm personally looking forward to jash, jksh, jerl joap and jhp. The world needs them. Stu On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:46, Rowling, Jill wrote: http://click.unixreview.email-publisher.com/maaaUNDaaWzQQa46tLbb/ It's not April 1 yet but Unix Review sent me this reference to a new book on jython.

Re: [SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Michael Lake
Stuart Guthrie wrote: I'm personally looking forward to jash, jksh, jerl joap and jhp. The world needs them. Janux: a complete implementation of a Linux kernel in Java :-) (ummm, but that project name is already taken on sourceforge.net) Mike -- Mike Lake Uni of Technol., Sydney UTS

Re: [SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Rowling, Jill http://click.unixreview.email-publisher.com/maaaUNDaaWzQQa46tLbb/ It's not April 1 yet but Unix Review sent me this reference to a new book on jython. Man, the way things are going with languages, /usr/bin is going to have to be the biggest partition in any Linux

Re: [SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:00:11AM +1100, Stuart Guthrie wrote: I'm personally looking forward to jash, jksh, jerl joap and jhp. The world needs them. I think I'm going to be sick :-) Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] Jython - is this a joke?

2003-03-11 Thread Stuart Guthrie
If you know Python already, Jython can be good for quick scripting. If you know java and don't need more new language syntax in the brain but want quick scripting, try beanshell and/or jedit . From a scripting POV you can get a long way and tie into the gazillons (technical term) of existing java