I don't know Java, but it's often worth trying this sort of exercise out. I'm open to the idea it might be perfectly possible. I once took one of Peter Norvig'

I don't know Java, but it's often worth trying this sort of exercise out. I'm open to the idea it might be perfectly possible. I once took one of Peter Norvig's Python programs (a spelling corrector) and converted it into VB.NET, just to see whether VB was as succinct as Python. Turns out it is: http://www.stevecooper.org/index.php/2010/11/10/vb-net-and-python-equivalence/ http://www.stevecooper.org/index.php/2010/11/10/vb-net-and-p... Or finding out that C# anonymous functions are more concise than Haskell. Thing is, sometimes these things surprise you. Languages do get reputations that are hard to shake.