Reliably determine the name of the host system in both CPython and Jython.

Get_system_from_CPython_and_Jython.py

# coding: utf-8
"""
Reliably determine the name of the host system in both CPython and
Jython.
"""

__author__ = "Caleb P. Burns"
__license__ = "CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication"
__version__ = "1.0.2"

import platform

def get_system():
	"""
	Reliably determine the name of the host system in both CPython and
	Jython.
	
	Returns the system name (``str``). E.g., "Darwin", "Linux", "Windows",
	etc.
	"""
	# Darwin
	# Java
	# Linux
	# Windows
	system = platform.system()
	if system == 'Java':
		system = platform.java_ver()[3][0]
		if system.startswith('Windows'):
			# Windows XP
			# Windows Vista
			# Windows 7
			system = 'Windows'
		elif system.startswith('Mac'):
			# Mac OS
			# Mac OS X
			system = 'Darwin'
		else:
			# Linux
			# SunOS
			# FreeBSD
			pass
	return system