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 ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: In recent years, Google search trends show that searches for the word "Java" are declining slightly, and searches for scripting language names, like JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems is working with a number of industry partners including Oracle, Macromedia and Zend Technologies to support the use of scripting languages in its Java platform. Sun ...