Will Open Source Java and PHP5 slowdown or stop the adoption of Python?

[Harald]

Jorge,

> I wonder if the planned specs of php version 5, which will make it
> more object oriented, and a web front end to J2EE apps:

I did program in Java. I have still a large project in PHP which I have 
to improve.

I programmed in PHP for nearly 4 years, and 6 weeks of programming in 
Python makes me gagging when I have to change PHP-lines. It's just that 
you have to write "some lines more". 

PHP was founded as extensions to make web-pages - and suffers of the same 
fundamental problem that also hurts Visual Basic for Applications: To 
many elemts glued together. It's just a patchwork - a very powerfull 
patchwork.

The strong point are the availible web-libraries - but the language is 
weak. 

Java is great - but you still have to type more than with python to reach 
the same goal.

Python can improve with: getting a "standard" UI and a "standard" Web-
Library. (I propose to connect wxPython with Mozillabindings and add 
Quixote) *G*

grx
Harald Armin