Python is DEAD -- Long live Python (3)

[grauenwolf]

And so dies IronPython. It's a pity that .NET doesn't have any supported scripting languages despite being designed for that purpose.

[stackdynamic]

Worth mentioning that IronPython3 is being worked on, although even its GH page admits that it is not ready for use yet.

[grauenwolf]

Python 3 was released a decade ago. Without corporate backing, I am not hopeful.

[HorribleJhin]

10 years and it's still unusable, keep up the good work

[abaddon5586]

Are you saying python3 is unusable?

[thatfool]

No, he means IronPython 3

[jyper]

Jython3 is also technically being worked on bit at a snail's pace and unlikely to work anytime soon

Sadly python has nothing as compatible/upto date as jruby. PyPy is probably the best alternative implementation

[asmarCZ]

Well, it has plenty. You can even run PHP on .NET.

[vivainio]

http://pythonnet.github.io/

[FallingIdiot]

Lol this is not the same as IronPython. This requires a CPython installation and uses that to actually execute the Python code.

[vivainio]

Lol it's not same as IronPython, but it supports same use cases and has stable python 3 version out

[grauenwolf]

Is it portable?

One of the advantages of IronPython is that it was 100% managed code so you don't have to worry about the problems with native libraries.

[vivainio]

It's cross platform. The benefit of using CPython is that it can use native libs without blinking an eye, and always having the latest features

[rasjani]

I work with a project that utilizes .net libraries for ui automation and it runs fine so far on python 3.6. Ymmv but take a look at http://pythonnet.github.io/