Why Python/Jython?

[Steve Purcell]

Andreas Freier wrote:
> In several articles I read that Python/Jython imporoves the programmers
> performance many times. Why?

Simple: Python code is usually many times shorter than the corresponding
Java code.

Programmer performance is usually gauged by coding time and
number of bugs, both of which are vaguely proportional to the number of
lines of code in most sane languages*.

* Perl is a noteworthy exception

> I am considering to use Jython for my job as Java programmer. How should I
> use it to achieve this performance?

Just use it and see if it works for you.

-Steve

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