According to the FAQs that come with the download, Microsoft states: There are a lot of features in .NET 2.0 that we wanted to use in IronPython.

The current CTP of IronPython for ASP.NET can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. It comes with Visual Web Developer which is a free integrated development environment (IDE).

IronPython v2.0 beta 1, released this past week, runs on the DLR is available on CodePlex. Additional information about Django can be found at the Django Project.

The person behind IronPython is Jim Hugunin, a highly regarded open-source programmer. The source of the IronPython beta is available under Microsoft's shared source license.

IronPython is an implementation of the Python programming language, targeting .NET developers which allows them to use Python to manipulate .NET framework objects.

The shipment of IronPython 1.0 this week marks a milestone for the long-running project, aimed at developing a Python implementation on Microsoft's .Net platform, and for developers' goal of ...

Microsoft is moving two of its development languages -- IronPython and IronRuby -- as well as the company's Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) to an Apache open-source license, company officials ...