Re: [Tutor] Java: (and python ?) nearer measles than coffee

2006-09-11 Thread Kent Johnson
Klaus Ramelow wrote: Sometimes I have also some - or more - problems trying digesting python and feeling totally blocked. My programming experience (beginning at the card-reader era) main-frame, mini and micro : Bit / Byte / Word system-programming via switch-console followed by Assembler

[Tutor] Java: (and python ?) nearer measles than coffee

2006-09-11 Thread Jonathon Sisson
Hrmmm...my opinion is that you shouldn't waste your time with Java (sorry to any Java coders on this list). It's entirely too automated for my tastes (automatic garbage collection, transparent pointers, etc...). To quote an unknown author who was quite the anti-OOP programmer, it made me want to

Re: [Tutor] Java: (and python ?) nearer measles than coffee

2006-09-11 Thread Danny Yoo
some more people are looking for a mnemonic-language which should optimized cross-compile to something with multiplatform-capability like Java. Please let me know, if I am entirely wrong. I'm not really sure what you are asking. Many people find Python to be useful and enjoyable for a wide