[Zope] Java Port

smoerk@gmx.de smoerk@gmx.de" <smoerk@gmx.de
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:04:18 +0200


>> Did anyone try to port Zope to Java (using JPython)?
>
>I guess that to basic technologies of Zope, ExtensionClass 
>and Aquisition, are not ported to JPython.

Did anyone try to compile Zope with JPython?
 
>> - running servlets and/or running Zope as servlet
>
>Why would you want to run servlets ?

I think it would be cool, to run Zope as a servlet and to have a java
binary, that you could run everywhere.

>Why not PHP/ASP/Basic/XYZ scripts :)

How could I do this? ;)

>> - performance could benefit from JIT compilers or compile Zope as
>> native binary (gcj)
>
>I suspect that even after benefiting from JIT compilers it would be
>slower than native python ;-)

maybe

>> - portability? not sure if Java is more portable than Python ;)
>
>The only architecture I know that has java and does not have python 
>is PalmPilot.

Anyone running Zope with a PalmPilot? ;-)