Trying to choose between python and java

[Aahz]

In article <f2bghg$4q0$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au>,
Anthony Irwin  <nospam at noemailhere.nowhere> wrote:
>
>#5 someone said that they used to use python but stopped because the 
>language changed or made stuff depreciated (I can fully remember 
>which) and old code stopped working. Is code written today likely to 
>still work in 5+ years or do they depreciate stuff and you have to update?

You're probably thinking of
http://www.gbch.net/gjb/blog/software/discuss/python-sucks.html

Thing is, while he has a point, I don't think it's a very good one.  For
example, just yesterday in upgrading from Java 1.4.2 to Java 5.0, I had
to fix a bunch of instances of "package foo.bar.baz;" to "package baz;"
because apparently the latter is now "correct".  Bugfixes happen, and
sometimes they break working code.
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