Need for a Jython Sprint
There's a blog post I've been thinking about for a couple weeks now. The thought keeps tugging at my sleeve. Bear with me for a little background -- this note really is about python. Sun hired the two lead developers of JRuby a few months back. Tim Bray has mentioned fairly regularly on his blog that the JVM needs to offer better support for dynamic languages and the hiring of the JRuby guys is evidence that he's been successful in making that pitch within Sun.
One of those JRuby guys made a [http://headius.blogspot.com/2006/11/jython-alive-and-well-and-looking-for.html pitch] for jython (of all things) a couple weeks ago.
So what do you think? I know at least a few people who've been to the recent meetings are also java developers. Anyone interested in giving jython a little nudge? I'm just testing the waters for now. If it looks like there's some interest I'll dig up specifics and propose a code sprint (maybe for January).