Somehow I think the other way around would be even more interesting: a Java application server accessing Zope (Jope?). The platform market is really tough, and competing with Java isn't easy. If you can't beat them, join them... I guess there are millions of reasons why it can't be done, though? -----Original Message----- From: Casey Duncan [mailto:casey.duncan@state.co.us] Posted At: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 23:20 Posted To: Zope Developer Conversation: [Zope-dev] JPython Product? Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] JPython Product? Steve: That is good to know, being a Mac fan myself. I'll have to play with and test the different browsers on the client side as well as server-side jdks.
From what I have learned so far on the server end, the project seems reasonably feasible.
I think the interesting part will be creating the precise dividing line between the JPython and CPython worlds. I doubt much JPython will exist in the product excepting some "glue" to get Zope/CPython to interact with it in a robust way. That will probably be the fun part. Thanks for the comments, Casey D. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Spicklemire [mailto:steve@spvi.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:33 AM To: casey.duncan@state.co.us Cc: zope-dev@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] JPython Product? Hi Casey, I think this is a fine idea. The main thing that keeps me from doing it is that JPython doesn't work on Netscape (Mac) and so (at this point at least) I can't use it, unless I have a context where I can insist that users use a particular browser. The other annoyance is the long download time for the JPython implementation.... The other annoyance is the general flakiness of Java VMs out there.... But.. I think the concept is a good one.. and once the JPython implementation is cached it should be pretty fast. Then you just have to worry about all the JVM bugs. ;-) good luck! -steve _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )