Does Python compete with Java?

[Steve Holden]

Robert Brewer wrote:

> Jakub Fast wrote:
> 
>>...isn't the zen of python more along the way of:
>>"the master hits the student repeatedly with a stick
>>and the student experiences enlightenment" rather
>>than "the master takes the toys away from the student".
> 
> 
> Neither is even remotely true in my experience with Python. Perl and
> Java (respectively) are over there ==> ;)
> 
:-)
> If the master has to hit the student at all, he's chosen the wrong way
> to teach. If he has to do it repeatedly, he's a pretty poor judge of
> sticks and students.
> 
In my (sadly not limited enough) experience, the masters who hit 
students with sticks usually do so for the simple reason that they enjoy 
hitting people with sticks. It doesn;t have that much to do with teaching.

> For the toy analogy, the master keeps the guns, tear gas, and nuclear
> bombs locked up, not the toys.
> 
Not to mention the macrogenerator.

regards
  Steve