[Slightly-OT] Wasn't Google supposed to be "avid Python-Users" ?

[Paul Rubin]

philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk (phil hunt) writes:
> >  - Program stays around for years but developers come and go.
> >    Average turnover is maybe 1 programmer per month.  So there
> >    are always people hacking on the codebase who aren't that familiar
> >    with it.
> 
> The resultant architecture will be a Big Ball Of Mud.

That's unfortunate but completely true.  Welcome to the real world.  
The question is whether Java programs survive turning into mud better
than Python programs do.