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The 1.0 Beta of IronPython (Python running atop .NET) is available at the IronPython Workspace Home at gotdotnet.

This is great news for Windows users because IronPython and Monad/MSH (the new Microsoft command line shell) give developers/sysadmins/power users/etc. two very attractive alternatives for scripting and automation.

Down the road, it could be viewed as a legitimate alternative to C# (and CPython) for more ambitious application scenarios as well.

Plus, Microsoft’s formal nurturing and release of IronPython should make a world of difference in Python’s acceptance rate among the “100% Microsoft Shop” crowd.

This is also great for the Python community because it makes Python “not irrelevant” to the scores of seasoned developers who have invested a ton of time and energy becoming one with the .NET Frameworks. They can Embrace python because it Extends their mental investment in .NET.

Embrace and Extend. That has a nice ring, doesn’t it

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