Java and Python Comparison

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Subject Area:Computer Science

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The case study gives a brief description of python and provides a comparison between Python and Java. Python is a purely interpreted high-level programming language. It is mainly used for general-purpose programming. Through its syntax, programmers can express concepts in fewer lines of code (Python Organization 2009: 1-87). Clear programming on both large and small scales is enabled via the provision of constructs. In static typing, a programmer has to define a variable when he or she first declares it, and the programmer is not permitted to change the type later on in the program. Contrary, Python uses dynamic typing (Radcliffe Tom 2016: Para. A programmer can change the type of a variable later on in a program in the case of dynamic typing.

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Dynamic typing favors neophyte programmers since they do not need to be concerned with types of variables because they can use their variables as they wish. Nevertheless, most programmers prefer static typing to dynamic. Printing "Hello World" to the screen in java requires many lines of code while printing the same message to the screen in python needs only one line of code. Therefore, Python raises a programmer's productivity. Another difference is that compared to Java's Java Database Connectivity, the layers of database access in python are weak (Mikoluk Kasia 2013: Para. This is the reason why python is rarely used in vital database applications. From the above discussion, both Java and Python programming languages possess their benefits. , Sambasivam, S. , Rague, B.

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