IronPython brings the interactivity and productivity of the Python language to the.NET world.
by Paul Ferrill
June 30, 2005
t's not often you see Microsoft adopting a language from the world of Open Source Software (OSS), but IronPython is just such a project and has gathered a growing following among several groups working on Longhorn and associated technologies. IronPython is the creation of Jim Hugunin, now a Microsoft employee, who also created JPython/Jython.
The Python language has been around for almost 15 years and was created by Guido van Rossum who now carries the title of BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life). Quoting from the Python website:
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t's not often you see Microsoft adopting a language from the world of Open Source Software (OSS), but IronPython is just such a project and has gathered a growing following among several groups working on Longhorn and associated technologies. IronPython is the creation of 
