[ramblerman]

I've programmed in python, scala, and java quite extensively. There definitely is such a thing as a good writing language and a good reading language.

Python fits nicely in both, but java is a great reading language. If I had to maintain any existing codebase I would prefer a java one.

Scala is the great obfusciator.

[35bge57dtjku]

I have used all 3 extensively, too. And when it comes to large, sloppy code bases, I'd take the Java over the Python any day.