bruno modulix wrote: > > It's been a long time since I last saw a Java applet on a website. >
That can only mean you are ignorant. Applets are a huge deal for Intranets. And Java Web Start is even more useful. I really wish Python had such wonderful means of deployment. bruno modulix wrote > Err... I wouldn't start another HolyWar, but Java is not that Object > Oriented. 'Class-based' would be more appropriate. Python, while not > being class-based (ie: it doesn't impose that all code goes into a > 'class' statement), is much more an OO language than Java, since in > Python *everything* is an object - even functions, classes and modules. > This makes a *big* difference. I think you are confusing terms. Class-based means that the language uses classes and class inheritance and not object prototyping (as in javascript): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_oriented#Prototype-based_models And why should functions be objects ? Actually, this makes it less OOP if we consider Smaltalk as being true OOP ;) Python is here more pragmatic but less OOP, please try to remember it. And haven't you heard of java.lang.Class or java.lang.reflect.Method ? Classes in Java *ARE* objects. Or do you think all those static methods and properties just pop out of the ground ? Voodoo maybe ? :) The reason classes don't behave as objects is because that's only usefull for reflection and meta-programming and that can be achieved by using the java.lang.reflect package which IMHO it really makes sense the way it was implemented. bruno modulix wrote > Err... Python is more like what Java would have been if Java was a smart > dynamic hi-level object oriented language !-) You see, I rarely see this kind of rubish on comp.lang.ruby. Shame on you. Do you realy think you are doing the Python community a favor by bashing Java ? <troll> And yeah, LOC count is stupid. Productivity in general measured in LOC is stupid. For that Java has a simple syntax which anyone can learn in only a few hours (simpler than Python's ... a lot imho) and tools like Eclipse, Netbeans, Studio Creator, JBuilder, etc ... </troll> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
