During the last 18 months or so I have indulged in the joy of learning and using python for almost everything, but I may have to go back to C/C++ at work. Suddenly I found myself transliterating (or translating at least) common python idioms and patterns, looking for libraries to replace python's "included batteries" or writing my own from scratch, (over)using templates in an attempt to mimic duck typing, and so on. Still, I am not sure if this is a good idea in general since every language has its own idiosyncrasies, and this is obvious when one sees python code looking like C or Java. OTOH, bringing python's higher level of expressiveness to C/C++ might actually be a good thing, leading to cleaner, safer code.
So, I wonder what have others who have gone the same path done and learned in similar situations. How one can avoid the frustration of having to work with a low level language once he has seen the Light ? George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
