Jython 2.7b1+ (default:a984d658882a, Oct 1 2013, 12:02:56) 
[OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Oracle Corporation)] on java1.7.0_21
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>>> from org.python.util import PythonInterpreter
>>> from java.lang import System
>>> PythonInterpreter.initialize(System.getProperties(), System.getProperties(), ["one", "two"])
>>> pi = PythonInterpreter()
>>> pi.exec("import sys; print(sys.argv)")
['']
>>> import sys
>>> sys.argv = ["setting the host vm argv"]
>>> pi.exec("import sys; print(sys.argv)")
['setting the host vm argv']