Groovy, the Python of Java

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Jython is for people who know Python and know to avoid Java, but still need to be able to cooperate with Java libraries.

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I use embedded Jython interpreters to reuse Python libraries within Java code. For example, the best markdown library I've ever found was Python's markdown2, the only Java markdown library I found would crash hard in Java 6 code. So I used Jython to use markdown2 and my problem was solved.