jython VS Iron python

Quick note - CPython is the OG and most popular implementation of Python, but it is not the only implementation of Python. Some other fairly well-known examples are Jython (Java implementation), RustPython (Rust implementation), or the more mind-bending PyPy (Python implemented via Python 🤯). Python is an interpreted language, and you can think of all these different Python implementations as being different implementations of the interpreter itself. The interpreter is the program that takes your Python code and executes it via a virtual machine. This differs from a compiled language (like C) which needs the high-level C code to first be converted to machine code and then executed by the CPU.

The program I linked is the Python interpreter you're probably using, but the abstract set of rules that make up Python are not in any particular way tied to C. You could also use a Java program or a C# program to interpret your Python code. They've even made Python in Python itself, although it uses a more restricted version of Python so it's easier to compile it.

Check their Github, last commit was 9 days ago.

If you're interested in learning more about the challenges and tradeoffs, both Jython (https://www.jython.org/) and IronPython (https://ironpython.net/) have been around for a long time and there's a lot of reading material on that subject.

There are several ways of bypassing the GIL. First of all, the GIL is only present in the C implementation of Python, CPython. Other implementations of Python like Jython, IronPython, and PyPy don't have the GIL. Additionally, Python provides the multiprocessing library, which allows for parallelism in your Python program.

I am not set on .NET, but just curious, so thanks for the suggestions. Interesting that it's billed as cross-plaform, but doesn't do it that well. I just searched 'python wrapper for .net' and found PythonNET. Also, it seems yes IronPython is active.

You mean like this?

In that case, I think it's enough if you go here, then download and install the MSI file: https://github.com/IronLanguages/ironpython2/releases/tag/ipy-2.7.12

There are quite a lot of ways to run scripting languages in C#. I've no idea what JSR223 is but .NET has DLR for example. There are also multiple libraries: IronPython, NLua, Jint and Jurassic for Javascript. There's also older version of CS-Script working with .NET Framework.

But does it Microsoft python https://ironpython.net

If you need control over how the script runs, access to variables etc, I can highly recommend IronPython, but it might be overkill for what you need.