At 2002-11-21T17:42:27Z, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Shaleh was the one to plug python first. But what dman says here gets my > attention. Do others concur that python is more cross-platform and more OO > than java?
Both are available for pretty much every major platform. Python is available on more non-mainstream systems: http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi http://www.python.org/download/ http://www.python.org/download/download_other.html Of interest, Perl and Python are moving toward a common virtual machine (Parrot), although it may take a while. I'd be a full-time Python programmer if I knew I could transparently access my Perl codebase. > What are the disadvantages with python as opposed to java? It seems like there should be *something*, but I can't think of a single drawback except that there are probably more development environments for Java than Python. I use Emacs, so both languages are pretty equally easy for me to use, but Windows users may not be in the same boat. > Why would someone pick java over python then? Is it only because of > marketing, as dman says? Actually, since you mention it, that's the only reason I can think of. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
