> In short (for us regular users) what are the advantages of java package vs. > python? Faster? More compact?
Disclaimer: I'm pulling this out of my arse, but there's a chance that I'm right.. The biggest advantage will be its cross platform abilities. Currently, Windows users have to use windowspill to parse images, while Linux users get to use ImageMagick. Naturally, it takes 2 times the effort to make sure that both image parsers keep working with new revisions of Plucker. With a Java image processor, we now only need worry about maintaining compatability with 1 image parser. Additionally, there are more people fluent in Java than in Python. Hope that helps (and is correct..) -Greg M New York, USA
