Re: [pygame] java pygame

[Terry Hancock <hancock@anansispaceworks.com>]

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 01:19 pm, Edward Povazan wrote:
> I've been thinking about my project some more. There are 2 ways to go about
> it, writing a python browser plugin, or porting pygame to Java.

Yes, I think you are right to favor the Java/Jython approach. I analyzed both 
myself awhile back (see http://www.narya.net/client_html  for my summary), 
and the Python plugin is a bear.  It also gives you little advantage over 
just telling your user to install Python and run it as a full-fledged 
application (either way they have to install a 3rd party software and then 
install your software).  It would still be a worthwhile goal in the long run, 
and if Jython didn't exist, it would have been worth doing.

Giving an option between a slower Java implementation that runs as an applet 
in an unmodified browser and a downloadable application that runs on C Python 
would be a real good deal, though.

Cheers,
Terry

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