[Tutor] Sun says: Don't use Java, use Python!

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> ...The key difference is that Python is a scripting language. 
> This means there is no compilation to byte code ....It has to 
> perform syntax checks and it must parse the ascii text 

Interesting but only partially right since most of the time for 
production code Python will already have compiled its modules to 
byte code and only the main module remains in ascii text.

As to relative speeds I'd tend to agree that Python runs as fast 
as Java(*) and Perl a little faster.

Alan G.

(*)Haven't tried gcc v3's native Java compilation yet, I'd expect that 
to change the ground rules somewhat in Java's favour...