Actually, I've seen a growing number of instances (at least two ;) where people are using Jython because you get to "extend" Jython with Java classes in the same manner that you can extend CPython with C modules/types. This is a _very_ powerful dev model for a Java team, IMO. Being able to do this in Zope would certainly be benficial to a lot of people if they already have, ot plan to develop a non-trivial amount of code in Java.
Chris Withers wrote:
Urm, I think you may be misunderstanding Jython. Jython is an implementation of the Python language in Java rather than C, as used by normal python.
No, I'm not misunderstanding Jython -- I just think about it differently. You're right of course, that you *could* run Jython on the server. However, I can't (so far) think of *any* compelling reason to do so (which is not to say that other people can't, of course).