On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:05:47 +0100, Peter Dembinski wrote: > "Thomas Bartkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > >> > What makes such companies to choose Java over dynamic, productive >> > languages like Python? Are there any viable, technical reasons >> > for that? >> >> Are there "viable, technical reasons"? That would be doubtful. >> >> But >> >> There is a reason very important to major companies. When you leave >> that company, there will be a *long* line of Java programmers >> waiting to take your place. > > IMO learning Python is a matter of few days for Java programmer.
True, but learning to *think* in Python takes a while longer. That static straitjacket takes some time to loosen... -- Christopher -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list