Does Python compete with Java?

[Peter Hansen]

Roy Smith wrote:

> They don't have one for Python, but I expect it would be something like 
> this:
> 
> You create a Foot object and call its shoot() method.  The bullet makes 
> a hole in your foot, but by that time you've gotten dragged into a huge 
> flamewar about the relative merits of spaces vs. tabs for indentation 
> and barely notice the pain.

See Laura's excellent

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=slrna0f23p.511.QnickQm%40h00104b6bfa23.ne.mediaone.net

and also a whole thread from late 2001

http://groups.google.ca/groups?threadm=fPBN7.961%24zX1.1625310%40typhoon.ne.mediaone.net

-Peter