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'''Jython''' is an implementation of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language that runs on the [[Java|Java Standard Platform]]. Jython fully implements nearly all of the Python standard library modules, with a few key differences.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.jython.org// | title= Jython | work=The Jython Project }}</ref>. It should be noted that Jython is ''not'' a different implementation of the [[Python]] interpreter.

'''Jython''' is an implementation of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language that runs on the [[Java|Java Standard Platform]]. Jython fully implements nearly all of the Python standard library modules, with a few key differences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jython.org// | title= Jython | work=The Jython Project }}</ref> It should be noted that Jython is ''not'' a different implementation of the [[Python]] interpreter.

==Differences==

==Differences==

*Jython utilizes the pure [[Garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]] algorithms of the [[Java|Java runtime environment]] instead of the reference counting method of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] interpreter.  

*Jython utilizes the pure [[Garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]] algorithms of the [[Java|Java runtime environment]] instead of the reference counting method of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] interpreter.  

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Java|Java Standard Platform]]

*[[Java|Java Standard Platform]]

*[[Python (programming language)]]

*[[Python (programming language)]]