We are developing a product at work which interfaces with basic I/O and sends data to a webserver over a GPRS connection.
What i need to know before we commit to a product, is which language is more suited for this task: Java or Python? (or any language to be honest) As i said, it will run on a wireless module and open serial connections, read values, send data through GPRS connections to a webserver...
If you are only choosing between the two, I would say Java. But the real tool for this kind of project is C or C++.
Any memory-managed language can kill you if it does garbage-collection. For GPRS you are looking at real-time needs, and a resource-strained environment. There's a reason all of these types of projects use C languages.
You can take a look at this comparison: Java to C http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=java&lang2=gcc
Python to C http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&lang2=gcc
C will be more suit for embedded system programming, because, you can manage the memory requirement, direct access the hardware platform. Java lacks on both memory management and hardware access.
And, what is function of your wireless module?
The only time that I have ever done anything like that it was for an Adruino board or similar (Xilinx, whatever). The dev kit was determined by the board manufacturer. Kugathasan has a point with C being the most likely if you don't use a base kit of some kind. If you are using a board that doesn't have a specific dev kit, I might look towards Android supported equipment. If you're doing it as a USB add-on to a phone or something that might be different, but the best answer might require more detail.
Java was invented for embedded systems.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/overview/index.html
