[E-Lang] empirical and statistical comparison of languages

Mark S. Miller markm@caplet.com
Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:33:10 -0800


At 04:27 PM Monday 3/5/01, zooko@zooko.com wrote:
>My current hypothesis is that if library ships with the interpreter, then it
>gets used, and if you have to download it separately it doesn't.  My experience
>with Python (and its beautiful `module index'[1]) suggests that all kinds of
>occasionally-useful things ought to be shipped with the interpreter.

The entire huge standard Java API, including all the collection classes, 
ship bundled with Java.


        Cheers,
        --MarkM