It would not be misplaced in a python forum to draw your attention to Bruce A. Tate's book: "Beyond Java", publ O'Reilly Sep. 2005, ISBN 0-596-10094-9.
Bruce explains why: "... Java is abandoning its base, and conditions are ripe for an alternative to emerge". Personally, I have never felt any need in Python to have to fall back on Java tools in order to program in a more efficient manner. The less clutter, the better! malv -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
