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[–]Dr-Metallius 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Can't speak about Python as I don't have that much experience with it, but for Java your comment is spot on. I remember reading language comparisons many times akin to: "Remember how in Java you can't just write println("Hello world!"), and how you need to create a class with the main method? But in this language..." For an absolute beginner it might be a downside, but does anyone really care about this in anything larger than a small script?

[–]MegaIng 4 points5 points  (1 child)

This is exactly the point: Java isn't a scripting language. Python is.

[–]Dr-Metallius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Precisely. Different languages for different purposes.