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One of the many reasons why I still hate Java

Ok here is the Python that I wrote:

word_list = words.split(', ')
word_list.sort(lambda x, y: len(y)-len(x))
for word in word_list: print word


And here is the Java:


import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Arrays;
class LengthComparer implements Comparator {
public int compare(Object a, Object b) {
return ((String)b).length() - ((String)a).length();
}
}
public class JavaTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String words = "java, python";
String[] word_list = words.split(", ");
Arrays.sort((Object[])word_list, new LengthComparer());
for(int i = 0; i < word_list.length; i++)
System.out.println(word_list[i]);
}
}


Indentations will probably be lost in the HTML, oh well. Anyways.

Oh someone just told me a way to make the Python even shorter:

print "\n".join(sorted(words.split(", "), lambda x, y: len(y) - len(x)))

And I couldn't resist putting this picture up from ICANHASCHEEZBURGER, my favorite place on the internet... This made me think of Java (it also made me laugh hysterically)