One drawback of python...

[Ype Kingma]

Robin Munn wrote:

> Paul Nilsson <python.newsgroup at REMOVE.paulnilsson.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:10:33 -0500, an infinite amount of monkeys
>> hijacked the computer of Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> and wrote:
>> 
>>>There's a solution to that, I suppose, which I've been using for about
>>>two years now.  Don't "go back" to those other languages...  this is the
>>>hands-over-the-ears-chanting-la-la-la-la-i-don't-known-that-language
>>>approach to the question of whether to use another language. ;-)
>> 
>> Thats a nice idea but often you don't get to choose, and your
>> la-la-la-la approach will lose you jobs. I'd love to work with python
>> but I think the reality is I'll still be using Java and C for some
>> time to come. Like the original poster says this can be a disadvantage
>> once you've tasted the good life.
> 
> So shrug your shoulders, use Java or C when it's required, and point out
> from time to time that you wish you could have done that bit in Python
> because it would have been much simpler.

In Java you might try and smuggle jython.jar onto the class path.

Have fun,
Ype


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