Could Python supplant Java?

[JTK]

Tim Tyler wrote:
> In comp.lang.java.advocacy d2002xx <d2002xx at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> 
> :> I cannot imagine why anyone would use C unless it's necessary :-)
> 
> : Hmmm... Because gcc is much faster than g++...
> 
> Compilation time?
> 
> If you're a developer - and this is a problem - you buy a faster computer.

Or just hang in there until they get gcc's C++ compilation speeded up. 
That's all the talk on the gcc mailing lists is about these days.  And 
guess what seems to be the main culprit?  You guessed it - garbage 
collection.  Locality of reference is a harsh mistress.