J J wrote:
> Namespaces ok, but the way they have been done is not always that 
> great.  Modules are pretty much the same thing, and interfaces?  No.  
> Traits are much better then interfaces imo.

Modules is one area where IMO Java shines. Not necessarily because of 
the language part but because of the whole ClassLoader/JAR/Applet 
pipeline (just run Dan's SqueakOnJava in the browser and then think 
about what must be true to be able to handle that in a reasonably secure 
fashion). It's the best deployment solution I am aware of. In the 
namespace area I think Python wins hands-down, because they manage to 
tie namespaces (and modules) into the object model so nicely. Traits 
better than Interfaces? Well that remains to be seen.

Cheers,
   - Andreas