IronPython
IronPython is an implementation of the Python programming language targeting the .NET and Mono frameworks. The project is currently maintained by a group of volunteers at GitHub. It is free and open-source software, and can be implemented with Python Tools for Visual Studio, which is a free and open-source extension for Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE.
| Original author(s) | Jim Hugunin, Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Dino Viehland, .NET Foundation |
| Initial release | September 5, 2006 |
| Stable release | 3.4.0
/ December 12, 2022 |
| Preview release | 3.4.0-beta1
/ April 30, 2022 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Platform | .NET Framework, .NET, Mono |
| Type | Python programming language implementation |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | ironpython |
IronPython is written entirely in C#, although some of its code is automatically generated by a code generator written in Python.
IronPython is implemented on top of the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR), a library running on top of the Common Language Infrastructure that provides dynamic typing and dynamic method dispatch, among other things, for dynamic languages. The DLR is part of the .NET Framework 4.0 and is also a part of Mono since version 2.4 from 2009. The DLR can also be used as a library on older CLI implementations.