Should I learn Python or Java?

[Alex Martelli]

"Prateep Siamwalla" <teep at inet.co.th> wrote in message
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> Ok, correction, you can do stuff with java+ms apps:
>
> "Automating excel with Java"
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q169/7/96.asp

The article covers Microsoft's VJ++ version, only; and besides any other
issues, VJ++ looks sure to be orphaned in the next generation of Visual
Studio (VS7, aka VS.NET, has C# in place of Java).  There are 'bridges'
to let you interoperate (e.g.) Corba<->COM, and you can do Corba with
any Java, but it's rather a curve-ball, involving commercial (perhaps
costly) 3rd party components, etc.


Alex