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Comparing Python vs. Java

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Comparing Python vs. Java

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Python and Java are two commonly used programming languages. And I want to help point out some key differences between the two. Python's design has an explicit emphasis on code readability, while Java's design emphasizes on minimal implementation dependencies. Python makes it easy to keep the code base clean, readable, and concise. Programmers put in more effort to keep Java code organized and maintainable. Both Python and Java are high level programming languages. Python is relatively easy for those who are beginners to programming, and Python is easier to pick up. Meanwhile, Java has a steep learning curve. Developers use operating system specific Python interpreters to execute Python code directly. Meanwhile, executing Java code involves a two-step process. First, you compile your Java program, which encodes the source code into a type of machine code called bytecode. Then you run your program, which converts the bytecode to platform-dependent machine code so that the computer…

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