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Touche :P It's always nice to learn new things, though (and dig up old things I did know at one point or should have known when I posted that).

Perhaps I could re-phrase what I posted above:
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Python will never be the next "java" for two key reasons (there are others, but these are the main two):

1. Python is "weak-typed". That means you don't have to declare the type of variables, and...

:P I didn't peruse the Python API very thouroughly.



I did, and I'm much more comfortable using Java. However, I'm one of those people who fall into the category of those who prefer...

Yeah, but not using an enumeration.

public class Game
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// code for getting color is very similar
String[] materials = new...

:o old school. Anyways, JDK 1.2 through JDK 1.6 are all roughly compatible (at least anything that runs on 1.2 should run on 1.6)

If you're looking for a Java development environment, I would...