Anders Arnholm wrote: > Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skriver: >> On 13 Feb 2007 17:51:00 GMT, Jorgen Grahn >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Well, C++ is a better language than C in many ways. So, if he needs to learn >>> one of them, why does it have to be C? >>> >>> Another reason some people choose C++ over Python for some tasks is that >>> they feel that larger programs benefit from strong, static type checking. >>> I like both ways, but depending on the task, one or the other is better. >> C++ is -not- strongly typed. You can cast anything to void *, and >> manipulate it in ways unimaginable. Plus there's the whole mess that >> is pointer arithmetic and a weak typesystem... > > > C++ can be both, The type systenm is as fragila as you like it to be. > I mainlty use c++ when i the need stronger typing that Python och C > can't give me. In some ways it's even stronger types than languanges > as Java and ObjectiveC. C++ it however at least four different > languanges, in one ball of soupe. > Presuming "when i the need" is a typo for "when I need the" rather than "when i feel the need for", when do you actually *need* strong typing?
By which I presume you to mean status typing, since Python is already a strongly-types language. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Blog of Note: http://holdenweb.blogspot.com See you at PyCon? http://us.pycon.org/TX2007 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
