PyOpinion: Does Python Programming Marginalize You?

Amit Patel amitp at Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Tue Jun 6 19:01:12 EDT 2000


 Paul Prescod  <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
| 
| Actually, Java applets were last year's programming model.  In fact,
| Java applets are something of an endangered species.
| 
| Java is almost entirely used on the server side these days and Python is
| just as good there as Java is. In fact, with Zope, Python is better.
| 
| Client-side Javascript is quite popular but in terms of volume of code
| it is a drop in the bucket compared to what is going on on the server
| side.

And all the server side stuff (like Zope) is easier to make work on
the new generation of wireless devices & set-top boxes.  Does YOUR
cell phone run Java applets, or even Javascript?

     - Amit


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Amit J Patel, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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