Comments on: The Sun is going to shine on Python http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/ Open Source, Modern Programming Languages, OS X, Photography, and ... Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AK http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15037 AK Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:04:52 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15037 Good news, but it maybe too late for Sun to act. The company I work for, an investment bank, may move to IronPython very soon. Sad. Good news, but it maybe too late for Sun to act. The company I work for, an investment bank, may move to IronPython very soon. Sad.

]]> By: Martin Krejci http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15032 Martin Krejci Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:26:57 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15032 Congratulations. I hope also IBM gives more chanco to python in the future. MK Congratulations. I hope also IBM gives more chanco to python in the future.

MK

]]> By: Debbie Moynihan http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15020 Debbie Moynihan Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:19:39 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15020 Hi Ted - I hope you have fun in your new job. Deb Hi Ted – I hope you have fun in your new job.

Deb

]]> By: erica http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15018 erica Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:50:40 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15018 i have no clue what any of this means i'm doing a research paper about Java and this popped up i have no clue what any of this means i’m doing a research paper about Java and this popped up

]]> By: Markus Brendal http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15017 Markus Brendal Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:02:10 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15017 Well, Congratulations! Sun is a great company... They dont need to scream out, that they are not evil - they are simply not ;) Well, Congratulations!

Sun is a great company… They dont need to scream out, that they are not evil – they are simply not ;)

]]> By: Hussein Baghdadi http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15014 Hussein Baghdadi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:48:59 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15014 Congrats! Congrats!

]]> By: Januar Simarmata http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15013 Januar Simarmata Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:06:42 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15013 I don't know you as well :) I just get your blog site after reading news on slashdot. It's good to have interesting job where you can do it remotely, which is something I can't get now. Congratz anyway! I don’t know you as well :) I just get your blog site after reading news on slashdot. It’s good to have interesting job where you can do it remotely, which is something I can’t get now.

Congratz anyway!

]]> By: Duncan McGreggor http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15012 Duncan McGreggor Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:29:53 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15012 Ted, just read the news -- congrats! Despite Solaris not being a good python platform, I have been a fan of Sun since my sysadmin days. I was delighted with the announcement of OpenSolaris and have followed ZFS developments with great interest. As such, I am very excited about your news. Twisted dev's tend to have a fairly negative view of Solaris (in fact, I may be the *only* one who likes it!), but I would love to see Solaris become a platform that the Twisted community could recommend without reservation (I've got a nicely loaded Netra 240 that I do some dev work on, but would like to use it much more than I do currently). Thanks for pioneering this! I look forward to seeing how your work at Sun develops :-) Ted, just read the news — congrats!

Despite Solaris not being a good python platform, I have been a fan of Sun since my sysadmin days. I was delighted with the announcement of OpenSolaris and have followed ZFS developments with great interest. As such, I am very excited about your news. Twisted dev’s tend to have a fairly negative view of Solaris (in fact, I may be the *only* one who likes it!), but I would love to see Solaris become a platform that the Twisted community could recommend without reservation (I’ve got a nicely loaded Netra 240 that I do some dev work on, but would like to use it much more than I do currently).

Thanks for pioneering this!

I look forward to seeing how your work at Sun develops :-)

]]> By: Rodrigo B. de Oliveira http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15009 Rodrigo B. de Oliveira Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:29:56 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15009 Congratulations! Congratulations!

]]> By: Alex Russell http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15006 Alex Russell Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:32:27 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15006 Congrats. Dynamic languages on the JVM need all the Sun-internal support they can get. Good luck! Regards Congrats.

Dynamic languages on the JVM need all the Sun-internal support they can get. Good luck!

Regards

]]> By: Takashi Shitamichi http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-15000 Takashi Shitamichi Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:29:57 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-15000 Welcome, Ted! Welcome, Ted!

]]> By: David T. http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14998 David T. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:01:45 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14998 Congratulations on your new work! Does this mean that we will actually be able to compile 64-bit Python 2.5 on Solaris 10 without having to sacrifice 2 virgins?? Congratulations on your new work! Does this mean that we will actually be able to compile 64-bit Python 2.5 on Solaris 10 without having to sacrifice 2 virgins??

]]> By: Ted Leung http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14997 Ted Leung Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:34:37 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14997 Dirkjan: Thanks for the note, I've sent the appropriate mail. Bob: Yes it looks like I will be at Java One this year. Anjan: Sun is a solutions oriented company. If people want Python on Windows on x64, Sun wants to sell it to them. And support and service contracts too. As far as Perl - if Sun hears lots of customer demand for Perl on JVM, then I'd say it's a possibility. But it's important to note that both JRuby and Jython (as well as Ruby and Python) were Not Invented at Sun. Ryan: see the update. Leo, pachi: thanks for the suggestions - no promises at this point. Mike: This is also about CPython, not just Jython. Simon: good to hear Dirkjan: Thanks for the note, I’ve sent the appropriate mail.

Bob: Yes it looks like I will be at Java One this year.

Anjan: Sun is a solutions oriented company. If people want Python on Windows on x64, Sun wants to sell it to them. And support and service contracts too. As far as Perl – if Sun hears lots of customer demand for Perl on JVM, then I’d say it’s a possibility. But it’s important to note that both JRuby and Jython (as well as Ruby and Python) were Not Invented at Sun.

Ryan: see the update.

Leo, pachi: thanks for the suggestions – no promises at this point.

Mike: This is also about CPython, not just Jython.

Simon: good to hear

]]> By: foobar http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14995 foobar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:32:50 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14995 Ruby > Python Ruby > Python

]]> By: Aaron http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14994 Aaron Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:00:29 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14994 Congrats and good luck, Ted! Congrats and good luck, Ted!

]]> By: Simon Phipps http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14993 Simon Phipps Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:40:19 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14993 Welcome, Ted! FWIW I'm working on the issues you describe above, hopeful futures... Welcome, Ted! FWIW I’m working on the issues you describe above, hopeful futures…

]]> By: Randal L. Schwartz http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14992 Randal L. Schwartz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:02:54 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14992 Perl on a JVM isn't very likely. Perl needs a more dynamic class system than the JVM provides natively, and therefore, the class system would have to be interpreted, rather than native. It's the same reason that Parrot (for Perl 6) isn't the JVM either. Perl on a JVM isn’t very likely. Perl needs a more dynamic class system than the JVM provides natively, and therefore, the class system would have to be interpreted, rather than native. It’s the same reason that Parrot (for Perl 6) isn’t the JVM either.

]]> By: Octavian http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14991 Octavian Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:36:10 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14991 Welcome aboard! We are looking forward to getting Python/Jython support in NetBeans. Welcome aboard! We are looking forward to getting Python/Jython support in NetBeans.

]]> By: pachi http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14990 pachi Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:24:57 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14990 This is good news for the python community!. One place where Sun could help python is improving python support in OpenOffice (adding support in netbeans to write extensions as easily as one can do with Java). There's some work done on it, but python is there a second citizen when compared to StarBasic or Java, despite it's very good fit for the task. This is good news for the python community!.
One place where Sun could help python is improving python support in OpenOffice (adding support in netbeans to write extensions as easily as one can do with Java).
There’s some work done on it, but python is there a second citizen when compared to StarBasic or Java, despite it’s very good fit for the task.

]]> By: Mike http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/comment-page-1/#comment-14989 Mike Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:16:13 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-sun-is-going-to-shine-on-python/#comment-14989 We have gradually been phasing out Java usage in favor of Python. Python has better libraries, a better C++ interface, better numerics, etc. Overall, I think Jython support by Sun is too little too late. We have gradually been phasing out Java usage in favor of Python. Python has better libraries, a better C++ interface, better numerics, etc. Overall, I think Jython support by Sun is too little too late.

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