On 1/6/06, Andreas Jung <lists@andreas-jung.com> wrote:

Python is not a programming language??? huh......the difference is that Java is compiled and Python is interpreted

*Bzzzzt* Wrong again. :) Both Java and Python compile to bytecode, which a virtual machine then interprets. In Java this step is explicit, Python does the compilation on the fly on first import. The distinction between 'scripting' and 'programming' language is arbitrary and a marketing, what-can-you-use-the-language-for label. Java is hardly suited for scripting tasks, while Python scales from scripting all the way up to "enterprise applications" (another marketing label). I prefer the term 'Agile language'. This is going to deteriorate into a language flamewar soon, so let's look at a good Monty Python film instead. I recommend "Life of Brian". -- Martijn Pieters