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Discussion on: is java better than python?

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Sergiy Yevtushenko

Comparing to many widely used languages, both Java and Python are rather young languages. And if you check Wiki, you will notice that Python is actually older than Java.

There are no issues with Java 9 licensing for enterprise apps, looks like you've mixed it up with something else.

Beside languages it worth to compare ecosystems and while Python has quite extensive community and libraries, Java has largest ecosystem in this regard. There are libraries and frameworks for virtually any kind of task. Java IDE support is just brilliant, I doubt that any other language can compare to it.

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Brunner

Thanks for your informative comment.
I did not know that python is older than java.
I agree with you that Java IDE support is really great.