Re:In my experience... (Score 1)

Despite being interpreted, I wouldn't call Java a scripting language. There are sizable applications out there written entirely in Java, such as Star Office. Would you call the people who coded Star Office 'web-scripters' ? (Star Office may not be a great application, but it certainly isn't a web-script). A lot of the Java coding I've done is on stuff where C++ was initially considered, but dropped when ease of memory-management and portability took precedence of performance. Java is certainly more akin to C/C++ than languages like Perl or Javascript.