IronPython 1.0 Release Candidate

One of the great features of the .NET framework is the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). The CLI provides a common foundation for a wide variety of programming languages. IronPython is a project that implements the dynamic object-oriented Python language on top of the CLI. IronPython is both well integrated with the .NET Framework and is a true implementation of the Python language. .NET integration means that this rich programming framework is available to Python developers and that they can interoperate with other .NET languages and tools. All of Pythons dynamic features like an interactive interpreter, dynamically modifying objects and even metaclasses are available. IronPython also leverages the CLI to achieve good performance, running up to 1.5x faster than the standard C-based Python implementation on the standard Pystone benchmark.