Comment by Jan Vladimir Mostert on "What are your thoughts on Python vs Java?"

I've spent a lot of time in both, Java's tooling is much better, Python has a much more powerful syntax, except for the dynamic typing, that's the one thing I dislike about Python. Java has a much better concurrency model and personally I prefer Maven / Gradle over PIP.

A fairer VS-comparison would potentially be Ruby VS Kotlin VS Python

For the dynamic typing issue I do agree with you that in some situations the static is much better, but in python there is workarounds for this ... you can specify the type of a variable by typing a special inline comment e.g. # type: int and there are other ways through using the docstrings There is even a module called mypy...which can give you optional static typing in python and it gives you the ability to write both dynamically and statically in the same code based on your choice. .. thus giving you the advantages of both types .

Nice! Does any IDE support those optional types?

For the static type fans, use cython and have the advantage of compiled code while at it.

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