[Tutor] Java and Python (was: Iterators)

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> use Jython. Java would seem to be caught between something 
> that rocks and a hard case.
> 
> Or am I missing something?

Nope. Java is an overhyped phenomenon that is winning hearts 
for some extremely nebulous reasons.

Its significantly slower than C++ but aside from garbage 
collection offers few advantages. It certainly does NOT 
save on lines of code - almost all the real world 
conversions I've seen have had more code in Java 
than in C++!

Its slightly faster than Python but I have seen cases 
of Perl beating it. Frankly the choice of programming 
in either Java or Perl is not one I'd like to make 
but I'd probably choose Perl coz the pain would last 
for less time!

The other big advantage of Java over C++ is it does 
have a pretty vast class library. The C++ STL is miniscule 
in comparison to the Java classes but OTOH thats 
a big API to learn....

Alan g