PyOpinion: Does Python Programming Marginalize You?

[Ken Seehof]

Paul Prescod wrote:

> Ken Seehof wrote:
> >
> > Java definitely has a niche: embeded software for household appliances.
>
> I really don't see it having particular virtues there. Forth is more
> efficient and more runtime flexible. Python is easier to code. Scheme is
> smaller to implement. C has better real-time characteristics. Any of
> them can speak TCP/IP.

Dang!  Not even good for what it was designed for?  :-)

> Java is the language next door: nothing particularly wonderful, nothing
> particularly terrible. Just there. On the other hand, if I am forced to
> program in a non-Python language and have to choose between Perl, C, VB
> and Java, Java is the least of all evils.
>
> --
>  Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for himself
> Alabama's constitution is 100 years old, 300 pages long and has more
> than 600 amendments. Highlights include "Amendment 393: Amendment of
> Amendment No.  351", "Validation of Laws Regulating Court Costs in
> Randolph County", "Miscegenation laws", "Bingo Games in Russell County",
> "Suppression of dueling".  -
> http://www.legislature.state.al.us/ALISHome.html

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