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From: Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Subject: Re: How to check in script if Python or Jython is used
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In a message of Sun, 21 Jun 2015 10:12:06 +0200, Cecil Westerhof writes:
>I installed Jython and will start playing with it. There probably will
>be differences between Python and Jython. Is there a way to determine
>if a script is run by Python or Jython? Then different execution paths
>could be taken. With sys.version(_info) you do not get this
>information.
>
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import platform
platform.python_implementation()

If your jython is old (pre 2.6) you will not have this.

Then try
platform.system()
which will give you 'Java'

Laura