[java-dev] Announce: Python for MaxMSP (beta)

After a hectic flurry of activity, I now have a port of Python to  
MaxMSP, using the Jython package and MXJ.

It was something of a refactoring effort, but there's now a common  
base of code supporting both the Groovy and Jython systems, which  
means that from a Max perspective they look very similar: the same  
interface, attributes and parameters. I even managed to port all the  
example patchers and scripts from the Groovy release into Jython. (At  
least one of the sub-patchers is identical in both systems.)

There's a release at

	http://www.loadbang.net/space/Software/net.loadbang.jython

I've labelled it a beta since there are one or two things I need to  
tidy up (involving threading and module reloading), but it would be  
good if folks could bash on it a little. The javadocs are online and  
the sources are included in the release, but I still need to package  
up the sources of the common scripting code. The javadocs are also a  
bit unfinished (I fully expect to find some occurrences of "Groovy"  
where it should say "Jython", for example).

As an aside, I'm rather getting to like Python. It's a bit basic, but  
it's simple, clear and reliable, rather like a 2CV or an old labrador.

	-- N.


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