= jython = Python for the Java platform (2.7) * http://www.jython.org/index.html * wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-standalone/2.7.1/jython-standalone-2.7.1.jar * https://wiki.python.org/jython/UserGuide {{{#!highlight sh wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-standalone/2.7.1/jython-standalone-2.7.1.jar sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk echo "print(\"Hello jython\")" > hello.py java -jar jython-standalone-2.7.1.jar hello.py }}} == GUI app == * https://jython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/GUIApplications/ === app.py === {{{#!highlight python from javax.swing import JButton, JFrame frame = JFrame('Hello, Jython!', defaultCloseOperation = JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE, size = (300, 300) ) def change_text(event): print 'Clicked!' button = JButton('Click Me!', actionPerformed=change_text) frame.add(button) frame.visible = True }}} {{{#!highlight sh java -jar jython-standalone-2.7.1.jar app.py }}} == GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) == https://jython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chapter19/#no-global-interpreter-lock No Global Interpreter Lock Jython lacks the global interpreter lock (GIL), which is an implementation detail of CPython. For CPython, the GIL means that only one thread at a time can run Python code. Again, Jython does not have the straightjacket of the GIL. This is because all Python threads are mapped to Java threads and use standard Java garbage collection support (the main reason for the GIL in CPython is because of the reference counting GC system). The important ramification here is that you can use threads for compute-intensive tasks that are written in Python.