[OT] Corrections about Java

[Gerhard Häring]

* Bo M. Maryniuck <b.maryniuk at forbis.lt> [2002-07-09 10:41 +0200]:
> On Tuesday 09 July 2002 01:18, curt finch wrote:
> >  Issues and concerns
> > ·         No compiler to the native code.
> Aha, sure. Java -- "write once and debug everywhere". Ask them what is JVM [...]

Java compilers that output machine code exist. Even the GNU compiler
family has one. I have read everything from horror stories to
performance improvements for the commercial ones.

> > ·         Lacks native threading capabilities.
> Really? Just do:
> 
> import thread
> import threading

The difference is that Java has some support in the language (only the
"synchronized" keyword, AFAIK) that supports synchronized methods and
objects. Python's higher-level threading module was modelled after
Java's and has everything Java has. It even has Queue.Queue, which Java
hasn't. Python's features for thread synchronization also appear a lot
more flexible than Java's to me.

> > ·         Python cannot write docstrings in C++.
> What is this (anybody understood this?).

Extension modules can of course have docstrings.

> > ·         Python is difficult to read.
> Aha, sure:
> -----------------8<-----------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> [...]

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