Adriaan> I'm not a very experienced Python programmer yet, so I might be
Adriaan> mistaken, but there are a few things that would make me prefer
Adriaan> C++ over Python for large (over 500.000 LOC) projects.
Adriaan> - namespaces
Python's go packages, modules, classes. Plenty of ways to isolate objects
to different namespaces.
Adriaan> - templates
Not really needed.
Adriaan> - strong type checking
Python has strong type checking, it's just dynamic. Writing proper test
cases (which you should be doing anyway) will catch most issues.
Adriaan> - data hiding
Walls are no substitute for intelligence.
Adriaan> - more available libraries and more advanced developement tools.
C++ has had a lot longer history of being a mainstream language and has had
the resources of quite a few major corporations behind it, so I would be
surprised if there weren't more libraries and advanced development tools
available. I suspect the complexity of C++ sort of demands more
sophisticated tools.
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