Why Python is better than Java

Python is better than Java because I've never had a problem with getting classpaths correct in Python. Java's been out for so many years, and I've been using it on and off for years, but I still have problems getting the classpath right.

The Java compiler (actually, the RMI stub (etc.) generator) can't find classes that are part of the base install! It's infuriating.

It's like what Bruce Eckel says about reading files in Java vs. Python. What it comes down to is not just that Java places too high a cognitive load on the programmer... it's that Java's just a pain in the ass. I've had more trouble with Java's class/package management than I've ever had in any other language (and I'd be interested to know if there's any non-joke language out there that takes more lines of code to read from a file than Java does).

Update: Jeremy concurs

Update: One more thing. What was most frustrating about this classpath problem is that the Java compiler was able to find all necessary classes just fine, but 'rmic' couldn't do the same thing.

Also, more discussion at Simon Brunning's site. It seems it may even be simpler to read files using RPG than it is with Java!

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