On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:38:04 +0100 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
Martin Read wrote:
On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote:
I see recently more python code written than real C/C++.
So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say
this as someone who loves C and C++ and reaches for one of them by
default as the language for solving computing problems. (Unless they
involve substantial quantities of text manipulation, in which case I
reach for Perl because neither C nor C++ have even *remotely*
satisfactory capabilities in that regard.)
There are specific circumstances in which a low/medium-level systems
programming language like C or C++ is the right choice for
implementing solutions to a computing problem. I submit that *most*
programs are not subject to those circumstances, and thus there are
better languages for implementing most programs.
Python is probably the right language less often than people use
it, but for most jobs people do with it, C or C++ would be just as
wrong a choice, if not more so.
I agree with you more or less, however languages like python or perl
open doors to pretend-to-be-programmers. I've seen more often bad
python/perl code than c/c++.
C/C++ arrogance at its best! I could maybe understand it if you called
C# or Java users pretend-to-be-programmers, but Python, and especially
Perl, really aren't as bad or as threatening as you make them out to be.
My observations are also that there is always a penalty, even if you
compile the script code into binary. So if something has to be robust
and fast, one should always prefer c/c++. But this is really out of
topic here.
And if Python or Perl are more suited to the task at hand, by all means
use them!
P.S. What's wrong with OT? OT is fun!