Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...

You've nailed down the functional characteristics of scripting languages and seen how Python compares to Java for banging out fast code. Now look at the big picture: how does a non-native scripting ...

Java is an object-oriented programming language. To create objects and meaningfully initialize them, a developer must use a Java constructor. Constructors are a critical part of software development ...