Seems Sun is hiring Python developers to port Jython (Java-Python) to their Java Virtual Machine, so that Python and Java can intermingle.

Looks like the world is conspiring to make my Python programming skills even more valuable. Which is good for me, as I FAR prefer developing in Python to developing in Java.

http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/03/sun-is-continuing-its-acquisit.html

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While looking for information about Jython, I heard about Cython, which is a similar language that converts Python programs to native ‘C’ programs, including additional data types corresponding directly to ‘C’ data types. I think I might try Cython to start, then use Jython to get the multiprocessing down. Separate development efforts.