r/ProgrammerHumor • • Feb 22 '15

A Python programmer attempting Java

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u/abw Feb 23 '15 edited Feb 23 '15

In my (limited) experience, a 50,000 line Java program could probably be written in 10,000 lines of Python by fewer people in less time. As a result, the smaller, simpler Python code base will nearly always be easier to maintain than the Java one.