I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

Object-Oriented Python and Java are both considered to be “ object-oriented ” programming languages. This means they allow developers to create data objects through classes.

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.