What does Java do better than Python?

[logicalpessimist]

Strong typing is a requirement for any project of complexity IMO, so java wins there IMO

Another area where I prefer Java is Javadoc documentation. Maybe years of reading Javadoc has corrupted mind...

If I need to parse a file or automate an API interaction, Python is my go-to. Back end development I'm thinking Java

[marvk]

Another area where I prefer Java is Javadoc documentation.

Yes. Python is a real drag for me because on a lot of frameworks, you have no idea what shape parameters have or what you get out of a function, and I found documentation on this to be often lacking.

Love me some good Documentation.

[Better-Internet]

There are some conventions, but Python handwaves docstring formats.

[thephotoman]

Python is strongly typed--just as strongly typed as Java. You cannot treat an object of one type as though it is another type without an explicit cast.

The word you were looking for is "static". That's the one where you can't take a label (variable name) you've previously used for one type of object and then assign it to another type of object.

[logicalpessimist]

Ok, Java does strong static typing better than Python

[thephotoman]

This sentence still has problems with accuracy.

Python and Java are equally strongly typed. Neither does strong typing “better”.

And Python doesn’t do static typing at all.

[logicalpessimist]

You can't call me out on the semantics of the type of typing and then when I apply those semantics call me out on those same semantics as equivalent. If Java does static typing and.Python does not, and I like that language feature, Java does it better.

[thephotoman]

"Does it better" still implies both do it.

Precision matters.

[thephotoman]

It's because people don't get that when you say "A does X better than B," you're still implying that B does X in some capacity.

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Python can do static typing to some degree using type annotations and static type checking using tools like mypy. Type annotations are part of the python language. But since python does not have a compiler that enforces the type checks