As I had mentioned in a previous post , we have added support in IronPython for accessing OLE Automation objects using the IDispatch interface, without having to rely on interop assemblies. This was enabled with the "ipy.exe -X:PreferComDispatch" command...

One of the common feature requests for IronPython is to support static compilation. While the feature looks like a no-brainer initially, it does have a few wrinkles when you look at the details. Here are the different forms that a related question might...