> compile times for Java are effectively zero Compile of a single class yes, but most J2EE projects I worked on compile between 10-20minutes including tests. S

> compile times for Java are effectively zero Compile of a single class yes, but most J2EE projects I worked on compile between 10-20minutes including tests. Sometimes longer, a lot longer... While writing code in some languages is slightly faster than in others but most probably by less than a factor of 2 (provided you're using the right IDE and know what you're doing). The increase in productivity we can achieve is "standing on the shoulders of giants": ie. assembling / wiring together pre-existing bigger and bigger pieces of code we can trust and know how to use. Also more and more problems are solved and in public domain. IDEs usually These days