PEP on path module for standard library

[Michael Hoffman]

Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> John Roth wrote:
> 
>>Why did Guido want a PEP?
> 
> He said,
> 
> """
> Whoa! Do we really need a completely different mechanism for doing the
> same stuff we can already do? The path module seems mostly useful for
> folks coming from Java who are used to the Java Path class.
 > """

What is this Java Path class? I have been STFWing and have found nothing 
on it in the. Indeed if you search for "Java Path class" (with quotes) 
almost half of the pages are this message from Guido. ;)

Any Java hackers here want to tell us of the wonders of the Java Path 
class? I would be interested in seeing how other OO languages deal with 
paths.
-- 
Michael Hoffman