Tim Almond

In a bizarre twist, I’m considering using a Microsoft development product, IronPython, which gives Python for .net. Even though my general software development plan is to move new development away form Microsoft and towards more open solutions, I find myself with a problem that Microsoft can solve.

I want to be able to build standalone Python applications, preferably in code that’s akin to being "compiled" for easy distribution. IronPython solves this problem.

As a means of protection, I plan to isolate the interfaces to .net as thinly as possible, to ensure that any Python I write can be easily reused elsewhere, particularly once Python for XUL appears.

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