DigiTechs wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Quoted directly from http://www.python.org/about/:

Python lets you write the code you need, quickly. And, thanks to a highly optimized byte compiler and support libraries, Python code runs more than fast enough for most applications. The traditional implementation of CPython uses a bytecode virtual machine; PyPy supports just-in-time (JIT) compilation to machine code. Also, Jython and IronPython (see below) support JIT compilation on their respective virtual machine implementations.

Mind if I join in this too?
Quoted from www.lua.org/about.html:

Lua has a deserved reputation for performance. To claim to be “as fast as Lua” is an aspiration of other scripting languages. Several benchmarks show Lua as the fastest language in the realm of interpreted scripting languages. Lua is fast not only in fine-tuned benchmark programs, but in real life too. Substantial fractions of large applications have been written in Lua.

If you need even more speed, try LuaJIT, an independent implementation of Lua using a just-in-time compiler.

yay.

nathanprocks wrote:

I wasn't saying that Python is faster (I don't know which one is faster). I was just saying that Python does have a JIT compiler.

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MrFlash67 wrote:

OrcaCat wrote:

MrFlash67 wrote:

Why do you want to learn Java specifically? I find it needlessly complex. (Mind you, my friend disagrees.)

Nah man. It's pretty much Python with more structure in my opinion.

Note that I am a Python fan, and am thereforth somewhat biased.
For me, the syntax is horrible, and initializing programs takes too many lines. Take this article, for instance. Most of the Java examples are twice the length of the Python.

OrcaCat wrote:

Let's not get off topic. This is about learning Java.

OrcaCat wrote:

OrcaCat wrote:

Let's not get off topic. This is about learning Java.