On Friday 21 October 2005 04:25 pm, Ed Jensen wrote: > Sion Arrowsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have here a library (it's the client side of a client-server > > interface including a pile of class definitions) which has > > implementations in pure C++, Java and Python, taking about 3000, > > 3500 and 1500 loc respectively. And there's an associated module > > (with no C++ implementation) that I remember being particular > > "impressed" while writing it to find being 3 times as long in Java > > as Python despite (a) extensive (and pretty much common) Javadoc/ > > docstrings and (b) implementing in the Python version a feature > > present in the standard Java library (scheduling a thread to run > > at specified intervals and time out). Strip the Javadoc/docstrings > > out and it's about at that 5:1 ratio. > > This claim seems pretty dubious to me.
Why? -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
