Harlin Seritt wrote: > Am I the only one who wonders this: If Python at runtime runs > very much like Java and has generally about the same speed (or faster), > then why in the world isn't Java becoming more archaic and being > steadily replaced by Python? I ask this not as a rhetorical question, > but --really-- how come developers are still stuck on Java when Python > seems to be a far better language? In context, Python is not a low > level compiled language like C/C++ is but an interpreted one just like > Java.
Sigh. You're not the only one who wonders this. I have been trying to get my co-workers (in a mostly Java shop) interested in Python & Jython for 2-3 years with no success. What I see is that - most of them have little or no time to learn anything new that is not directly required to get their job done. - most of them have zero interest in evaluating new tools and trying to pick the best; they just use what is popular. "I don't have time to sharpen my saw, I'm too busy cutting down this tree!" Sigh. Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
